Horonaim
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Other places named Horonaim: Horonaim (2 Samuel 13).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | El Iraq (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.090° N, 35.642° E |
| Mentioned in | 4 verses |
| First mention | Isaiah 15:5 |
Horonaim is a settlement named in 4 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with El Iraq (low confidence; 7 other proposals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| El Iraq | low (27%) | 31.090° N, 35.642° E |
| Ed Deir | low (18%) | 31.251° N, 35.681° E |
| Kathrabba | very low (9%) | 31.138° N, 35.622° E |
| Khirbet Dhubab | very low (4%) | 31.035° N, 35.634° E |
| Khirbet Meidan | very low (4%) | 31.138° N, 35.605° E |
| Khirbet Ai | very low (1%) | 31.134° N, 35.640° E |
| Medinet er Ras | very low (1%) | 31.051° N, 35.586° E |
| Tell el Mise | very low (1%) | 31.131° N, 35.662° E |
Verses
Isaiah
- Isaiah 15:5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 48:3A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
- Jeremiah 48:5For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
- Jeremiah 48:34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
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.