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HAROD.—A spring, not a well as in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , near the mountains of Gilboa (wh. see), where Gideon tested his men (Jdg_7:1), and which was probably the site of Saul’s camp before his fatal battle with the Philistines (1Sa_29:1). It has been very generally identified with the copious ’Ain Jalud in the Vale of Jezreel, E. of Zer‘in. The water rises in a natural cavern and spreads itself out into a considerable pool, partially artificial, before descending the valley. It is one of the most plentiful and beautiful fountains in Palestine, and one that must always have been taken into account in military movements in the neighbourhood. The ‘fountain in Jezreel’ (1Sa_29:1) may have been the ‘Ain el-Meyiteh just below Zer‘in (Jezreel); but this and another neighbouring spring are of insignificant size compared with ‘Ain Jalud.
E. W. G. Masterman.