HORAM

(Hoʹram) [elevated].

King of Gezer; one of the thirty-one kings defeated by the Israelites under the leadership of Joshua during the conquest of the Promised Land. Horam and all his host were killed when they came to the aid of Lachish at the time of Joshua’s campaign against that city.—Josh. 10:33; 12:7, 8, 12, 24.