C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 30:30-31

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).