Deuteronomy 1:44-46
New English Translation
44 The Amorite inhabitants of that area[a] confronted[b] you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah.[c] 45 Then you came back and wept before the Lord, but he[d] paid no attention to you whatsoever.[e] 46 Therefore, you remained at Kadesh for a long time—indeed, for the full time.[f]
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- Deuteronomy 1:44 tn Heb “in that hill country,” repeating the end of v. 43.
- Deuteronomy 1:44 tn Heb “came out to meet.”
- Deuteronomy 1:44 sn Hormah is probably Khirbet el-Meshash, 5.5 mi (9 km) west of Arad and 7.5 mi (12 km) SE of Beer Sheba. Its name is a derivative of the verb חָרָם (kharam, “to ban; to exterminate”). See Num 21:3.
- Deuteronomy 1:45 tn Heb “the Lord.” The pronoun (“he”) has been employed in the translation here for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
- Deuteronomy 1:45 tn Heb “did not hear your voice and did not turn an ear to you.”
- Deuteronomy 1:46 tn Heb “like the days which you lived.” This refers to the rest of the forty-year period in the desert before Israel arrived in Moab.
Deuteronomy 1:44-46
King James Version
44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
45 And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
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