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Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

HAROD

1. Spring beside which Gideon and his army camped before their encounter with the Midianites (Jgs 7:1). Perhaps this is the same spring by which Saul and his army pitched their tents prior to their battle with the Philistines (1 Sm 29:1). The spring of Harod is at ‘Ain Jalud by the northern side of Mt Gilboa, about two miles (3.2 kilometers) southeast of Zerin.

Show passage in OET: JDG 7:1

OET-RV JDG 7:1

7 Then Gid’on (also known as Yeruba’al) and the warriors with him got up early and went to Harod spring. The Midyanite camp was north of them in the valley below the Moreh hill.

OET-LV JDG 7:1

7 And_ Jerub-Baˊal that is_Gidˊōn and_all the_people which with_him/it _he _rose _early and_they _encamped at En Harod and_the _camp _of Midyān it _was to_him/it from_the_north from_the _hill _of (the)_Mōreh in_valley.

Show passage in OET: SA1 29:1

OET-RV SA1 29:1

29 Meanwhile, the Pelishtim had gathered in their camp at Afek, while the Israelis were camped near the Yizre’el (Jezreel) spring.

OET-LV SA1 29:1

29 And_ the_Pəlishtiy _they _gathered DOM all _of armies _of_their to_ʼAfēq and_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) were_encamping at_spring which is_in_Yizrəˊ^ʼēl/(Jezreel).

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2. Home of Shammah and Elika, two of David’s valiant warriors (2 Sm 23:25). In the parallel passage (1 Chr 11:27), Elika’s name is omitted and Shammah (Shammoth) is listed as a Harorite instead of a Harodite. “Harorite” reflects a later scribal error where the copyist mistook the Hebrew letter “d” for an “r.”

Show passage in OET: SA2 23:25

OET-RV SA2 23:25

• 25 Shamah and Elika the Harodim,

OET-LV SA2 23:25

25 Shammāh the_Ḩₐrodī ʼElīqāʼ the_Ḩₐrodī.

Show passage in OET: CH1 11:27

OET-RV CH1 11:27

27 Shamot (from Haror), Helets (from Pelon),

OET-LV CH1 11:27

27 Shammōt the_Hₐrōrī Ḩeleʦ the_Pəlōnī.

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