Horonaim


Horonaim is a city in Moab, mentioned in two Hebrew Bible oracles against the nation of Moab: in the Book of Jeremiah, and in the Book of Isaiah,. In 2 Samuel, an addition from the Septuagint text is sometimes translated as Horonaim, although it possibly derives from as little as a preposition.
There is some reason to identify Horonaim with the city Horonan, named in the Mesha Stele. The name may derive from the god Horon, or from Western Semitic words for cave, cavern, hollow or valley.