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Luhith

Made of boards, a Moabitish place between Zoar and Horonaim (Isa. 15:5; Jer. 48:5).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(made of tables or boards), The ascent of, a place in Moab, occurs only in (Isaiah 15:5) and the parallel passage of Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 48:5) In the days of Eusebius and Jerome it was still known, and stood between Areopolis (Rabbath-moab) and Zoar.

In the Bible

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Verses where Luhith is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Isaiah 15:5

    My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.

  • Jeremiah 48:5

    For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:

Scripture on Luhith

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Entries that reference Luhith

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Luhith references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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