Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
Then the Amalekites came down, along with the Canaanites who lived in that hill country, and they attacked the Israelites and defeated them, chasing them all the way to Hormah.
This verse describes how the Israelites were defeated by their enemies after they disobeyed God and tried to enter the Promised Land on their own terms.
📚 Historical Context
This defeat happened immediately after the Israelites had rejected God's plan to enter the Promised Land and were sentenced to wander in the wilderness for 40 years. Despite Moses warning them not to go, some Israelites presumed to attack the inhabitants of Canaan without God's blessing or the ark of the covenant with them. The Amalekites and Canaanites were hostile tribes who controlled the hill country south of the Promised Land.
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