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Horonaim (Hebrew: חוֹרֹנַיִם Ḥōrōnayīm)[1] is a city in Moab, mentioned in two Hebrew Bible oracles against the nation of Moab: in the Book of Jeremiah (48), and in the Book of Isaiah, (15). In 2 Samuel (13:34), an addition from the Septuagint text (ὁδοῦ τῆς ῾Ωρωνῆν) is sometimes translated as Horonaim (in e.g. NIV, ISV), although it possibly derives from as little as a preposition.[2]
There is some reason to identify Horonaim with the city Horonan (Moabite: 𐤇𐤅𐤓𐤍𐤍 *Ḥawrānān),[3] named in the Mesha Stele (lines 31 and 32).[4] The name may derive from the god Horon,[5] or from Western Semitic words for cave, cavern, hollow or valley.[6]
Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Horonaim". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.; and Strong's Hebrew, both in [1].
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