harod Summary and Overview

palpitation, a fountain near which Gideon and his army encamped on the morning of the day when they encountered and routed the Midianites (Judg. 7). It was south of the hill Moreh. The present 'Ain Jalud ("Goliath's Fountain"), south of Jezreel and nearly opposite Shunem, is probably the fountain here referred to (7:4, 5).

(fear), The well of, a spring by which Gideon and his great army encamped on the morning of the day which ended in the rout of the Midianites. #Jud 7:1| and where the trial of the people by their mode of drinking apparently took place. The Ain Jalud is very suitable to the circumstances, as being at present the largest spring in the neighborhood.

HA'ROD (trembling), a well or spring by which Gideon and his army encamped before the battle with the Midianites, and apparently where the Lord caused to be applied the test of the warriors by their mode of drinking. Jud 7:1. Saul may have encamped there. 1 Sam 28:4; 1 Sam 29:1. Stanley located it at 'Ain Jalud, a spring 2 miles south-east of Jezreel; Conder at 'Ain Jendin, a copious spring from a rock, 3 miles west of Scythopolis (Beisdn). The name Jendin means "Two companies."