Bible Location
3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Harosheth-hagoyim was the base of Sisera's forces in the time of Deborah and Barak. It is important because it anchors one of Israel's great deliverance narratives against Canaanite oppression. First appears in Judg 4:2.1
Coordinates
32.69, 35.11
First appears
Judg 4:2
AI summary: Harosheth-hagoyim matters because it is inseparable from the story of Jabin and Sisera. Judges remembers it as the military center from which oppressive power came and from which Sisera's army was deployed before being broken near the Kishon. The cross references present Harosheth-hagoyim as a northern base of chariot power overturned by God's deliverance.1
Latitude
32.69
Longitude
35.11
Bible references
3
(Judg. 4:2) or nations, a city near Hazor in Galilee of the Gentiles, or Upper Galilee, in the north of Palestine. It was here that Jabin’s great army was marshalled before it went forth into the great battlefield of Esdraelon to encounter the army of Israel, by which it was routed and put to flight (Judg. 4). It was situated “at the entrance of the pass to Esdraelon from the plain of Acre” at the base of Carmel. The name in the Hebrew is Harosheth ha Gojim, i.e., “the smithy of the nations;” probably, as is supposed, so called because here Jabin’s iron war-chariots, armed with scythes, were made. It is identified with el-Harithiyeh. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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.