Horesh
A written article for Horesh is still to come. Below and alongside: where Horesh appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.
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Horesh
Original word
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חֹרֶשׁ wood, bough, forests, shroudH2793
Where Horesh appears in Scripture
וַיַּרְא דָוִד כִּֽי-יָצָא שָׁאוּל לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת-נַפְשׁוֹ וְדָוִד בְּמִדְבַּר-זִיף בַּחֹֽרְשָׁה׃
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
וַיָּקָם יְהֽוֹנָתָן בֶּן-שָׁאוּל וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל-דָּוִד חֹרְשָׁה וַיְחַזֵּק אֶת-יָדוֹ בֵּֽאלֹהִֽים׃
And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
וַיִּכְרְתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם בְּרִית לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיֵּשֶׁב דָּוִד בַּחֹרְשָׁה וִיהֽוֹנָתָן הָלַךְ לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃
And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
וַיַּֽעֲלוּ זִפִים אֶל-שָׁאוּל הַגִּבְעָתָה לֵאמֹר הֲלוֹא דָוִד מִסְתַּתֵּר עִמָּנוּ בַמְּצָדוֹת בַּחֹרְשָׁה בְּגִבְעַת הַֽחֲכִילָה אֲשֶׁר מִימִין הַיְשִׁימֽוֹן׃
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
וְעָרִים בָּנָה בְּהַר-יְהוּדָה וּבֶֽחֳרָשִׁים בָּנָה בִּירָֽנִיּוֹת וּמִגְדָּלִֽים׃
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיוּ׀ עָרֵי מָעוּזּוֹ כַּעֲזוּבַת הַחֹרֶשׁ וְהָאָמִיר אֲשֶׁר עָזְבוּ מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהָיְתָה שְׁמָמָֽה׃
In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
הִנֵּה אַשּׁוּר אֶרֶז בַּלְּבָנוֹן יְפֵה עָנָף וְחֹרֶשׁ מֵצַל וּגְבַהּ קוֹמָה וּבֵין עֲבֹתִים הָיְתָה צַמַּרְתּֽוֹ׃
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.