Bible Dictionary
Harosheth
A city in northern Canaan where Sisera gathered the army and chariots of Jabin. After Barak’s victory, the Israelites pursued the defeated army there.
Definition
Harosheth was a city in the northern part of Canaan. It was associated with Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, and was the place toward which the Israelites pursued the defeated army and its chariots.
Biblical Usage
Harosheth was the residence or base associated with Sisera and Jabin’s forces during the conflict with Israel under Barak.
Historical Background
The name means “workmanship” and is connected with the phrase “of the Gentiles,” referring to the mixed population said to inhabit the city. It was supposed to lie near the northern waters of the Jordan.
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(workmanship) “of the Gentiles” so called from the mixed races that inhabited it—a city in the north of the land of Canaan, supposed to have stood on the west coast of the lake Merom from which the Jordan issues forth in one unbroken stream. It was the residence of Sisera captain of Jabin king of Canaan, (Judges 4:2) and it was the point to which the victorious Israelites under Barak pursued the discomfited host and chariots of the second potentate of that name. (Judges 4:16)