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Hill of Moreh

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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(teacher). (1) First halting place of Abram in Canaan (Gen. 12:66And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. (Genesis 12:6)). (2) Hill in valley of Jezreel (Judg. 7:11Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. (Judges 7:1)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Place where the Midianites encamped before they were attacked by Gideon (Judg. 7:11Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. (Judges 7:1)). It is supposed to have been what is now called Neby Duhy, or “Little Hermon,” 32° 37' N, 35° 20' E. It is 1,690 feet high.