Lexical Definition

‎חֲרֹשֶׁת‎ Chărôsheth (khar-o'-sheth) Harosheth ^N:N--L
the same as ‎חֲרֹשֶׁת‎

Harosheth.

• § Harosheth = "woodland"
• Charosheth, a place in Palestine

1) a city in the north of the land of Canaan on the west coast of the lake Merom

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Also see: גּוֹי

II. ‎חֲר֫שֶׁת‎ proper name, of a location only in combination ‎׳‎‎ח‎ ‎הַגּוֺיִם‎, „arosheth of the nations (see ‎גּוֺי‎), Judg 4:2; Judg 4:13; Judg 4:16 perhaps modern el-„arit¾îye, on right bank of lower Kishon, see Thomson^{Land and Book; Central Palestine, 1883, 215 ff.} Bd^{Pal 241} Be Bla Cooke^{Hist. Deb. 3} GASm^{Geog. 393}. ‎חֲרָשִׁים‎ see ‎חָרָשׁ‎ and ‎גַּיְא‎; also II. ‎חֶרֶשׁ‎. above &

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Harosheth-hagoyim • Canaanite city ruled by Sisera

Harosheth-hagoyim was a Canaanite city that served as the base for Sisera, the commander of King Jabin's army (Judg 4:2).

• A location first mentioned at Jdg.4.2;
• only referred to as Harosheth-hagoyim חֲרֹשֶׁת גּוֹי.
  

Harosheth-hagoyim was a Canaanite city that served as the headquarters for Sisera, the commander of the army of Jabin, the king of Hazor (Judg 4:2). Sisera gathered his 900 iron chariots and troops at Harosheth-hagoyim before engaging the Israelites led by Deborah and Barak at the Kishon River (Judg 4:13). After the Canaanites were defeated, Barak pursued them back to Harosheth-hagoyim and destroyed Sisera's army (Judg 4:16). The exact location of this city is uncertain, though some scholars propose it may have been near modern-day Tel Harashim in the Jezreel Valley.

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