Joshua 12:14

“The king of Hormah, one, etc.] Which was formerly called Zephath, (<070117>Judges 1:17); (see <061503>Joshua 15:3); the king of Arad, one; perhaps the same with Arath, which, Jerom f256 says, is the border of the land of Judah, and is twenty miles distant from Hebron to the south; (see <042101>Numbers 21:1 <070116>Judges 1:16).”

“The names of the kings are given in the order of their actual encounter with Joshua. Those enumerated in Joshua 12:10-18 either belonged to the league of the southern Canaanites (Joshua 10:1 ff), the power of which was broken in the battle of Beth-horon, or were at any rate conquered in the campaign following that battle. Those mentioned in Joshua 12:19-24 were in like manner connected with the northern confederates (Joshua 11:1 ff), who were defeated at the Waters of Merom. Joshua 12:13-20 The identification of several of these places is still uncertain: the same name (e. g. Aphek, Joshua 12:18) being applied to various places in various parts of Palestine. Geder, or Gedor Joshua 15:58, a…”

“Hormah: Num 14:45, Num 21:3 Arad: Eusebius places this city in the neighbourhood of Kadesh, four miles from Malathis, and twenty from Hebron. Num 21:1 Joshua 12:15”