Horesh
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| Type | natural area |
|---|---|
| Most likely | Khirbet Khureise (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.450° N, 35.127° E |
| Mentioned in | 4 verses |
| First mention | 1 Samuel 23:15 |
Horesh is a natural area named in 4 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Khirbet Khureise (low confidence; 1 other proposal below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Khirbet Khureise | low (33%) | 31.450° N, 35.127° E |
| not a proper name (common noun for "forest") | very low (9%) | — |
Verses
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 23:15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
- 1 Samuel 23:16And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
- 1 Samuel 23:18And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
- 1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.