hē´reth ( יער חרת , ya‛ar ḥāreth ; Septuagint πόλις Σαρείκ , pólis Sareı́k ; the King James Version Hareth ): David ( 1 Samuel 22:5 ) was told by the prophet Gad to depart from Mizpah of Moab and go to the land of Judah, and he "came into the forest of Hereth." The Septuagint has "city" instead of forest; see also Josephus, Ant , VI, xii, 4. The village Kharās , on an ancient high road, 3 miles Southeast of Aid el mā , probably David's stronghold ADULLAM (which see), may possibly answer to the place (PEF , III, 305, Sh XXI ). "Horesh" has been suggested as an alternative reading.
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