Harod

Hair´uhd

1 A rushing, copious spring on the northwesternmost spur of Mt. Gilboa where the Jezreel Plain narrows to run down to Beth-shan and the Jordan—a crucial military location. Here Gideon’s militia camped opposite the Midianites under Mt. Moreh (Judg 7:1). It is also the “fountain that is in Jezreel,” where Saul camped (1Sam 29:1). 2 The home of Shammah and Elika, two of David’s Thirty (2Sam 23:25; the name “Shammoth the Harorite” in (1Chr 11:27) probably reflects textual error).