irnahash Summary and Overview

(serpent city), a name which, like many other names of places, occurs in the genealogical lists of Judah. #1Ch 4:12|

IRNA'HASH (serpent city). In the margin it is called "the city of Nahash." 1 Chr 4:12. Jerome regards it the same as Bethlehem, but this is not probable. Van de Yelde proposes to identify the town with the village and ruins called Deir Nahhaz, east of Beit-Jibrin, on the road to Hebron.

("serpent city".) 1. Perhaps a trace of primitive serpent worship. Jerome thought Irnahash to be Bethlehem, Nahash being Jesse. 2. One of Eshton's sons, descended from Chelub (1 Chronicles 4:11-12).