Deuteronomy 1:44
in Deuteronomy 1Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 1
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The Amorites - In Num 14:45, it is “the Amalekites and the Canaanites” who are said to have discomfited them. The Amorites, as the most powerful nation of Canaan, lend their name here, as in other passages (eg. Deu 1:7) to the Canaanite tribes generally.
This site's exposition
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain
on Deuteronomy 1:44-46
Verse 44 names the Amorites as the ones who chased them as bees do; Numbers 14:45 names the Amalekites and the Canaanites. Both accounts stand and the difference is left standing with them. Hormah carries the sense of a thing devoted to destruction, and Numbers 21:1-3 has Israel later fastening that name on a place they destroy in their turn. Verse 45 says the LORD would not hearken to their weeping, and verse 46 covers the years that follow in half a sentence, ye abode in Kadesh many days, which 2:14 counts as thirty and eight.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): they were chased and destroyed; and, by this defeat which they suffered when they provoked God to leave them, they were taught what success they might have had if they had kept themselves in his love. They tried by their prayers and tears to get the sentence reversed: They returned and wept before the Lord,
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And the Amorites which dwelt in the mountain,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
People often experience distress even while in the way of duty. But how different their condition who suffer in situations where God is with them from the feelings of those who are conscious that they are in a position directly opposed to the divine will!
The Amorites - chased you - See the note on Num 14:40: as bees do - by irresistible numbers.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּצֵ֨א | vaiyetze' | and he came out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| הָאֱמֹרִ֜י | haemori | the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| הַיֹּשֵׁ֨ב | haiyoshev | who was dwelling | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בָּהָ֤ר | bahar | in the hill country | H2022 → | 546 times |
| הַהוּא֙ | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| לִקְרַאתְכֶ֔ם | likratkhem | to meet you | H7122 → | 139 times |
| וַיִּרְדְּפ֣וּ | vaiyirdefu | and they pursued | H7291 → | 143 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֔ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ינָה | taaseinah | they do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַדְּבֹרִ֑ים | hadevorim | <the> bees | H1682 → | |
| וַֽיַּכְּת֥וּ | vaiyaketu | and they scattered | H3807 → | |
| אֶתְכֶ֛ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּשֵׂעִ֖יר | beseir | in Seir | H8165 → | 39 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| חָרְמָֽה׃ | charemah | Hormah | H2767 → |
וַיֵּצֵ֨אand he came out
vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times
הָאֱמֹרִ֜יthe Amorite[s]
haemoriH567 →87 times
הַיֹּשֵׁ֨בwho was dwelling
haiyoshevH3427 →1079 times
בָּהָ֤רin the hill country
baharH2022 →546 times
הַהוּא֙<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
לִקְרַאתְכֶ֔םto meet you
likratkhemH7122 →139 times
וַיִּרְדְּפ֣וּand they pursued
vaiyirdefuH7291 →143 times
אֶתְכֶ֔ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ינָהthey do
taaseinahH6213 →2628 times
הַדְּבֹרִ֑ים<the> bees
hadevorimH1682 →
וַֽיַּכְּת֥וּand they scattered
vaiyaketuH3807 →
אֶתְכֶ֛ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
בְּשֵׂעִ֖ירin Seir
beseirH8165 →39 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
חָרְמָֽה׃Hormah
charemahH2767 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:8
Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
- Joshua 23:10
One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
- Isaiah 30:17
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…
- Leviticus 26:8
Through
Psalms 118:12They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 17:45
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies…
- Psalms 20:5
May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.
- 1 Samuel 17:45
Through
Numbers 14:45Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.
it leads to
- Numbers 21:3
And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
- Judges 1:17
Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.
- Numbers 21:3
Through
Isaiah 7:18On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.
it leads to
- Isaiah 5:26
He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
- Isaiah 5:26
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.