Horonaim
Town
Location disputed El Iraq: about 85 km (55 miles) southeast of Jerusalem
Where Scholars Place It
- El Iraq Possible
- Ed Deir Possible
- Kathrabba Less likely
- Khirbet Dhubab Less likely
- Khirbet Meidan Less likely
Horonaim in the Bible Dictionary
Named in 4 Verses
- Isaiah 15:5 My 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.
- Jeremiah 48:3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
- Jeremiah 48:5 For 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.
- Jeremiah 48:34 From 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.
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