Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 14:45

45 Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah .

Largely so called, but strictly the Amorite, as appears from Deut. 1. 44.

So they were a part and branch of those that dwelt in the valley ver. 25. Or, sat, i. e. placed themselves, lay in ambush, expecting your coming.

A place so called afterwards, Numb. 21. 3. from the great slaughter or destruction of the Israelites at this time.

Marginal references: Deut. 1. 44.; chap. 21. [illegible: 1+ letters].