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Biblical place

Where was Horonaim?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with El Iraq.

First appears in Isaiah 15:5 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Two caverns, a city of Moab to the south of the Arnon, built, apparently, upon an eminence, and a place of some importance (Isa. 15:5; Jer. 48:3, 5, 34). Modern identification: El Iraq.

Horonaim is represented in the local geography layer as El Iraq. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Isaiah 15:5 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jordan

About 75 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 80 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 86 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 86 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 89 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Horonaim today

Travel to Horonaim, the modern-day El Iraq.

Horonaim is commonly identified with El Iraq, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Horonaim is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

El Iraq

31.090°N · 35.642°E

Key passages

Appears in

Jeremiah

1 chapter · 3 verse mentions

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention