Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 30:30
And to [them] which [were] in Hormah, and to [them] which [were] in Chor-ashan, and to [them] which [were] in Athach,
30. Hormah ] Or Zephath (Jdg 1:17), an ancient Canaanite city (Jos 12:14), assigned to Judah (Jos 15:30) and transferred to Simeon (Jos 19:4).
Chor-ashan ] The true reading is Bor-ashan (= Cistern of Ashan). It was doubtless the same as Ashan, a Simeonite city in the Negeb originally given to Judah (Jos 15:42; Jos 19:7).
Athach ] Nowhere else mentioned. Perhaps a corruption for Ether, the letters of which are very similar, (Jos 15:42, where the Sept. reads Ithak; 1Sa 19:7), another city of Judah transferred to Simeon.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Chor-ashan – Perhaps the same as Ashan Jos 15:42, in the Shephelah of Judah, inhabited by Simeonites, and one of the priests cities 1Ch 4:32; 1Ch 6:59.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 30. Hormah] The general name of those cities which belonged to Arad, king of Canaan; and were devoted to destruction by the Hebrews, and thence called Hormah. See Nu 21:1-3.
In Chor-ashan] Probably the same as Ashan in the tribe of Judah: see Jos 15:42. It was afterwards ceded to Simeon, Jos 19:7.
To them which were in Athach] Probably the same as Ether, Jos 19:7.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And to [them] which [were] in Hormah,…. This was a city also in the tribe of Judah; of which see Jos 15:30;
and to [them] which [were] in Chorashan; or the lake of Ashan, which was in the same tribe, see Jos 15:42;
and to [them] which [were] in Athach; nowhere else mentioned; the Greek version has Nombe instead of it, which some take to be the same with Nob; but that was in the tribe of Benjamin.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(30) Hormah . . . Chor-ashan . . . Athach.Hormah, called by the Canaanites Zephath, still exists in the modern village of Zep-ata. Chor-ashan is probably the same as Ashan (Jos. 15:30): it has not been discovered in modern times. Athach is quite unknown.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
30. Hormah A city formerly inhabited by Canaanites and called Zephath. Robinson identified it with the pass es-Sufah, some forty miles south of Hebron, but Professor E.H. Palmer finds a much more probable identification of it in the extensive ruins, twenty-five miles southwest of Beer-sheba, called Sebaita. The ruins cover an area of about five hundred yards long and from two hundred to three hundred yards wide. See on Jdg 1:17. Chorashan and Athach are now unknown.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Sa 30:30 And to [them] which [were] in Hormah, and to [them] which [were] in Chorashan, and to [them] which [were] in Athach,
Ver. 30. Chorashan. ] Called also Ashan. Jos 19:7
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Hormah: Jos 19:4, Jdg 1:17
Chorashan: Probably the same as Ashan in Simeon, Jos 15:42, Jos 19:7, which Eusebius says was sixteen miles west from Jerusalem.
Reciprocal: Num 21:3 – the name