A spring which Gideon and his army camped next to before their encounter with the Midianites (Judges 7:1). It might be the same spring by which Saul and his army set up their tents before their battle with the Philistines (1 Samuel 29:1). The spring of Harod is at ‘Ain Jalud by the northern side of Mt Gilboa. This is about 3.2 kilometers (two miles) southeast of Zerin.
→ View encyclopedia entryHome of Shammah and Elika, two of the mighty men of King David (2 Samuel 23:25). In 1 Chronicles 11:27, Elika's name is not included, and Shammoth (also called Shammah) is listed as a Harorite instead of a Harodite. The term "Harorite" is likely the result of a later copying error where the person copying the text mistook the Hebrew letter "d" for an "r."
Harod
This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:
From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.