The Definition of the word Harosheth of the Gentiles

Harosheth of the Gentiles

(Judg. 4:2) or nations, a city near Hazor in Galilee of the "Gentiles, or Upper Galilee, in the north of Palestine. It was" here that Jabin's great army was marshalled before it went forth into the great battlefield of Esdraelon to encounter the army of "Israel, by which it was routed and put to flight (Judg. 4). It" "was situated "at the entrance of the pass to Esdraelon from the" "plain of Acre" at the base of Carmel. The name in the Hebrew is" "Harosheth ha Gojim, i.e., "the smithy of the nations;" probably," "as is supposed, so called because here Jabin's iron" "war-chariots, armed with scythes, were made. It is identified" with el-Harithiyeh.