1Sa 30:31 | KD | STEP | Hormah in the Negeb ( ) is Zephath , the present Zepáta , on the western slope of the Rakhma plateau (see at ). Cor-ashan , probably the same place as Ashan in the shephelah , upon the border of the Negeb, has not yet been discovered (see at ). Athach is only mentioned here, and quite unknown. According to Thenius, it is probably a mistaken spelling for Ether in the tribe of Simeon ( ; ). Hebron , the present el Khulil , Abraham’s city (see at ; ).

‏ 1 Samuel 30:31

1Sa 30:30-31 Hormah in the Negeb (Jos 15:30) is Zephath, the present Zepáta, on the western slope of the Rakhma plateau (see at Jos 12:14). Cor-ashan, probably the same place as Ashan in the shephelah, upon the border of the Negeb, has not yet been discovered (see at Jos 15:42). Athach is only mentioned here, and quite unknown. According to Thenius, it is probably a mistaken spelling for Ether in the tribe of Simeon (Jos 19:7; Jos 15:43). Hebron, the present el Khulil, Abraham’s city (see at Jos 10:3; Gen 23:17).