One of the regions in Canaan.
Its old name was Zephath, but during the Exodus, King Arad attacked the Israelites, lost the war, and the name was changed to Hormah.
Num 21:1When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he attacked Israel and took some of them captive.Num 21:2Then Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”Num 21:3And the Lord listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah.
It appears that the Amorites resided here.
Deut 1:44Then 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.
The king who ruled this place was defeated during Joshua's conquest.
Josh 12:14the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
It was a city of the tribe of Judah but was allotted to the tribe of Simeon. It was also recorded as Holma.
The remaining remnants were wiped out by the tribe of Judah along with the tribe of Simeon. Until this time, it was also called Zephath.