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Horonaim
Town or city mentioned in 4 verses of the Bible, most often in Jeremiah.
Where it appears
Key verses
- Isaiah 15:5 first mention — 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.
Nearby places
- Luhith 6 km
- Moab 12 km
- Kir-haraseth 12 km
- Nimrim 12 km
- Zoar 16 km
- Eglath-shelishiyah 16 km
- Euphrates 16 km
- Zered 16 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.