Victory at Hormah

21:1 1 When the Canaanite king of Arad2 who lived in the Negev3 heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner.

21:2 So Israel made a vow4 to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed deliver5 this people into our6 hand, then we will utterly destroy7 their cities.” 21:3 The Lord listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites,8 and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called9 Hormah.