Bible Dictionary
Chor-ashan
Chor-ashan was a place where David and his men stayed or were accustomed to visit. It was probably the same as Ashan, a city of Simeon in the Negeb.
Definition
Chor-ashan was a place associated with David and his men. Its name means “smoking furnace.” It is probably the same as Ashan, a city of Simeon in the Negeb belonging to Judah.
Biblical Usage
David and his men were accustomed to frequent or haunt Chor-ashan.
Historical Background
The place was probably in the southern lowlands of Judah. Another reading gives the name Bor-ashan.
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Smoking furnace, one of the places where “David himself and his men were wont to haunt” (1 Sam. 30:30, 31). It is probably identical with Ashan (Josh. 15:42; 19:7), a Simeonite city in the Negeb, i.e., the south, belonging to Judah. The word ought, according to another reading, to be “Bor-ashan.”