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Horonaim

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Heb. Chorona'yim, חֹרֹנִיַם, two caverns; Sept. Ἀρωνιείμ and ᾿Ωρωναϊ v μ), a Moabitish city near Zoar, Luhith, Nimrim, etc., on a declivity along the route of the invading Assyrians (Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:3; Jeremiah 48:5; Jeremiah 48:34); probably the same called HOLON (חֹלוֹן, perhaps by an error for חֹרוֹן, Horon, which would appear to be the original form of the word Horonaim; from חֹר, a hole) in Jeremiah 48:22 (Sept. Χελών,Vulg. Helon). The associated names only afford a conjectural locality east of the north end of the Dead Sea, probably on some one of the great roads (דֶּרֶךְ ) leading down from the plateau of Moab to the Jordan valley. It is doubtless the Oronse (᾿Ωρῶναι) of Josephus (Ant. 13, 15, 4; 14, 1, 4). Sanballat "the Horonite" (חֹרֹנַי, Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 13:28) was probably a native of this place, and not (as stated by Schwarz, Palestine, p. 147) of Beth- horon, which was entirely different.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Horonaim'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​h/horonaim.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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