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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Gill's Exposition
And the Amorites which dwelt in the mountain,.... Elsewhere called Canaanites, being one, and a principal one of the seven nations of Canaan, and who were joined and assisted in the attack by the…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Moses here makes a large rehearsal of the fatal turn which was given to their affairs by their own sins, and God's wrath, when, from the very borders of Canaan, the honour of conquering it, and the…
Cambridge Bible
the Amorites So D characteristically (see above on Deu 1:1) names the peoples whom J, Num 14:45, calls Amalekites and Canaanites.
as bees do Swarming in their multitudes; cp. Isa 7:18; Psa 118:12;…
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