Horesh

Natural area mentioned in 4 verses of the Bible, most often in 1 Samuel.

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Where it appears

1 Samuel (4)

Key verses

• 1 Samuel 23:15 first mention — And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
• 1 Samuel 23:16 — And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
• 1 Samuel 23:18 — And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
• 1 Samuel 23:19 — Then 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?

Nearby places

• Ziph 3 km
• Carmel 3 km
• Jezreel 4 km
• Juttah 4 km
• Maon 5 km
• Timnah 5 km
• Wilderness of Maon 5 km
• Kenites 6 km

Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. OpenBible.info rates this identification as uncertain; scholars propose other sites. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.