What is "horonaim"

Horonaim is a city in Moab, mentioned in two Hebrew Bible oracles against the nation of Moab: in the Book of Jeremiah , and in the Book of Isaiah, . In 2 Samuel , an addition from the Septuagint text is sometimes translated as Horonaim (in e.g. NIV, ISV), although it possibly derives from as little as a preposition.

There is some reason to identify Horonaim with the city Horonan , named in the Mesha Stele (lines 31 and 32). The name may derive from the god Horon, or from Western Semitic words for cave, cavern, hollow or valley.