Hareth

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1 Samuel 22:52 Samuel 11:16-19

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Samuel 22:5Hereth

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Forest where David hid himself from Saul. 1 Samuel 22:5 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ha'reth. (thicket). The forest of Hareth. in which David took refuge, after, at the instigation of the prophet Gad, he had quitted the "hold" or fastness of the cave of Adullam. 1 Samuel 22:6.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hā´reth ( חרת , ḥā̄reth , in pause). See Hereth .

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Hareth, a forest in Judah, to which David fled from Saul [FOREST].

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Che'reth, חֶרֶת, the form חָרֶת, Cha'reth, is on account of the pause-accent; prob. i.q. חֹרֶשׁ a thicket: Sept. Χαρής v.r. [ἐν] πόλει [apparently reading עַיר; so Josephus, Ant. 6:12, 4],Vulg. Haret), a wood (יִעִר ) in the mountains of Judah, where David hid himself from Saul, at the instance of the prophet Gad (1 Samuel 31:5); probably situated among the hills west of Socho. (See Forest).