Bible Location
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Horesh was the woodland or stronghold area in the wilderness of Ziph where David met Jonathan while fleeing Saul. It is important because it forms part of one of the most intimate and loyal moments in the David story. First appears in 1 Sam 23:15.1
AI summary: Horesh matters because it is the setting of reassurance in a season of danger. David is hiding there under threat, and Jonathan seeks him out to strengthen his hand in God before their paths begin to diverge for the last time. That gives the place emotional depth beyond simple terrain. The cross references present Horesh as a wilderness refuge marked by friendship, covenant loyalty, and the pressure of Saul's pursuit.1
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.