En Harod

This article is about the Biblical place. For the kibbutz, see Ein Harod.

En Harod (Hebrew: עֵין חֲרֹד, romanized: en Charod),[1] or the Spring of Harod, is the name for a water source in the story of Gideon in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Judges. It is the location where Gideon's forces set up their camp ahead of battling the Midianites.[2]

  1. ^ "5878. en Charod". Strong's Concordance.
  2. ^ Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn (1856). Sinai and Palestine: In Connection with Their History. Cambridge University Press (published 2010). pp. 337-338. ISBN 978-1-108-01754-1.