Kharu, sometimes translated as Horu, was defined by Amenhotep II as a specific people, as are the Shasu and the Retenu. The people of Kharu most likely lived in a section of Syria. The name Shasu, according to Donald Redford, literally means "a people who move on foot", which would explain why they have often been referred to as Bedouins in many references. It has been suggested that they lived in the plains of Moab and northern Edom (thought to be southern Jordan)
However, he basically exploited the opportunity provided by reports of a nomadic incursion into the northern Sinai and conflicts between a number of cities in eastern Canaan, using it to assault a various cities in Lebanon.
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