Difference between revisions of "Horonaim"

<p> (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]] (&nbsp;Isaiah 15:5; &nbsp;Jeremiah 48:3; &nbsp;Jeremiah 48:5; &nbsp;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 &nbsp;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''''' , &nbsp;Nehemiah 2:10; &nbsp;Nehemiah 2:19; &nbsp;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. </p>

<p> ''''' hor ''''' - ''''' ō̇ ''''' - ''''' nā´im ''''' ( חרנים , חרונים , <i> ''''' ḥōrōnayim ''''' </i> ; Ἀρωνιείμ , <i> ''''' Arōnieı́m ''''' </i> ; in Jeremiah Ὀρωναίμ , <i> ''''' Orōnaı́m ''''' </i> , "the two hollows"): an unidentified place in the South of Moab. It is named in &nbsp; Jeremiah 48:5 . Isaiah (&nbsp;Isaiah 15:5 ) and Jeremiah (&nbsp;Jeremiah 48:3 ) speak of "the way to Horanaim"; and Jeremiah (&nbsp;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 ''''' Ḥoronēm ''''' . 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 ( <i> Ant. </i> , 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]] ( <i> GAP </i> 272 f) thinks it may be represented by some significant ruins near <i> ''''' Wādy ed ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' Derā‛a ''''' </i> ( <i> ''''' Wādy Kerak ''''' </i> ). </p>