Joshua 12:14

Hormah. The name, meaning “devoted to destruction,” was given the city after it had incurred this fate. Its earlier name was Zephath (Judges 1:17). Its site is unknown, but is believed to have been not far from Beersheba. We read of Hormah in Moses’ time (Num. 14:45; Deut. 1:44). It was the place to which the Israelites were driven by the Amalekites and the Canaanites, when, after the rebellion at Kadesh on the report of the spies, the Israelites obstinately persisted in attacking the inhabitants in spite of Moses’ emphatic warning (Num. 14:40-45).

Arad. This place is mentioned as destroyed by Moses in punishment for an unprovoked attack made upon the Israelites when they approached that neighborhood (Num. 21:1-3). The spot is easily identified. On a plateau 17 mi. (28 km.) south by east of Hebron, and the same east of Beersheba, is an eminence, with remains of a reservoir and ancient pottery upon it, called Tell-Arad. It likely represents the site of the city then destroyed.