Dictionaries :: Horonaim

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Horonaim:

two caverns, a city of Moab to the south of the Arnon, built, apparently, upon an eminence, and a place of some importance (Isa 15:5; Jer 48:3,5,34).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Horonaim:

angers; ragings

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Horonaim:

hor-o-na'-im (~choronayim]; Aronieim; in Jeremiah Oronaim, "the two hollows"): an unidentified place in the South of Moab. It is named in Jer 48:5. Isaiah (15:5) and Jeremiah (48:3) speak of "the way to Horanaim"; and Jeremiah (48:5) of the," descent," or "going down" of Horonaim. Mesha (MS) says he was bidden by Chemosh to "go down" and fight against Choronem. Probably, therefore, it lay on one of the roads leading down from the Moabite plateau to the Arabah. It is mentioned by Josephus as having been taken by Alexander Janneus (Ant., XIII, xv, 4). Hyrcanus promised to restore it and the rest to Aretas (XIV, i, 4). There is no indication that in early times it was ever possessed by Israel. Buhl (GAP 272 f) thinks it may be represented by some significant ruins near Wady ed-Dera‘a (Wady Kerak).

Written by W. Ewing

Nave's Topical Bible

Horonaim: A Town of Moab

Isa 15:5; Jer 48:3, 5, 34

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Horonaim:

(two caverns) a town of Moab, possibly a sanctuary, named with Zoar and Luhith (Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:3, 5, 34).