Ha'reth. (thicket). The forest of Hareth. in which David took refuge, after, at the instigation of the prophet Gad, he had quitted the "hold" or fastness of the cave of Adullam. 1Sa_22:6.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
hā?reth (חרת, ḥā̄reth, in pause). See HERETH.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Hareth, a forest in Judah, to which David fled from Saul (1Sa_22:5) [FOREST].
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Hareth
(Heb. Che'reth, חֶרֶת, the form חָרֶת, Cha'reth, is on account of the pause-accent; prob. i.q. חֹרֶשׁa thicket: Sept. Χαρής v.r. [ἐν] πόλει [apparently reading עַיר; so Josephus, Ant. 6:12, 4],Vulg. Haret), a wood (יִעִר) in the mountains of Judah, where David hid himself from Saul, at the instance of the prophet Gad (1Sa_31:5); probably situated among the hills west of Socho. SEE FOREST.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.