44Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against youand chased you as bees do and beat you down in Seir as far as Hormah.
In a kind of holy war in reverse, the Amorites, the inhabitants of Canaan, handed a humiliating defeat to the Israelites, putting them to flight like bees because the Lord was not in their midst.
44 Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do and beat you down in Seir as far as Hormah.