41. And Moses said, Why do ye break the commandment of the Lord? This also shall not prosper.
42. Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you; do not be smitten before your enemies.
43. For the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; because ye are turned away from following the Lord, therefore, the Lord will not be with you.
44. But they presumed to go up unto the hill top; nevertheless, the ark of the covenant of the Lord and Moses, did not depart out of the camp.
45. Then the Amalekite came down and the Canaanite who dwelt in that hill and smote them and defeated them, pursuing them unto Hormah.