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En Harod, the Spring of Gideon

A spring of water still flows as it did in the days of Gideon when the book of Judges says:

"Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camed at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh."
- Judges 7:1

The Midianites were about 4 miles away from this spring when Gideon's men drank from it.

In the Bible:
Judges 7:1, 4, 6, “Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod…So Gideon took the men down to the water There the Lord told him, ‘Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel down to drink.’ Three hundred men lapped with their hands to thieir mouths.”
1 Samuel 29:1, Saul and Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

En Harod Map

This is the spring where Gideon and his troops camped before their battle with the Midianites. (Judges 7) It was at this stream that Gideon sent home the men who were afraid and then divided those remaining to a mere 300 based on how they drank from this spring. Saul also may have camped here when he visited En Dor the night before his death. (1 Sm.29:1)

This spring at En Harod is located at the base of Mount Gilboa on the southeast side of the Jezreel Valley.

As the story continues this was the proper way to drink:

"There the Lord told him,'Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel down to drink.' Three hundred men lapped with their hands to their mouths. All the rest got down on their knees to drink."
-Judges 7:4-6

This was the incorrect way of drinking from the stream.
The Spring of Harod.
   
   
   
   
   
   
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