Well of Harod
The Well of Harod or Spring of Harod (Hebrew: עין חרוד, Ein Harod) is a spring near the two kibbutzim called Ein Harod in the Jezreel Valley in Israel. In Arabic it is called `Ain Jalut (عين جالوت) meaning the Spring of Goliath.[1]
It is mentioned in the Book of Judges, chapter 7, where it is said that Gideon chose his men according to how they drank water from the Well of Harod.[2]
In the Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260, the Mamluks defeated the Mongol army of Hulagu Khan which was under the command of Kitbuqa.
According to the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine 1882, Victor Guérin stated that the rock from which the fountain springs has been artificially hollowed into a cavern. [3] It is now a national park called Ma'ayan Ḥarod.
References
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- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 116)
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
External links
- Survey of Western Palestine (SWP), Map 9: IAA, Wikimedia commons
Coordinates: 32°33′02″N 35°21′25″E / 32.5506°N 35.3569°E