Bible Location
Meaning: angers; ragings · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
Horonaim was a Moabite city south of the Arnon known from prophetic laments. It is important because it appears in the oracles mourning Moab's collapse. First appears in Isa 15:5.1
AI summary: Horonaim is remembered through lament rather than settlement detail. Isaiah and Jeremiah name it as cries, ascent, and collapse spread through Moab, so the city becomes one of the points where national ruin is felt most vividly. Its mention alongside roads and cries of destruction gives it a distinctly dramatic place in prophetic poetry. The cross references present Horonaim as a Moabite city whose significance lies in sorrow, panic, and the language of downfall.1
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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.