Hazor

Hazor

Hazor ( _he. חצור) is the name of several places in the biblical and modern Land of Israel:

Biblical locations:
* Tel Hazor, site of an ancient fortified city in the Upper Galilee, among the most important Caananite towns, and the largest ancient ruin in modern Israel and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* Hazor, A town in the southern Negev, between Kadesh and Ithan, mentioned in a geographic list. [Joshua 15:23] The Codex Vaticanus conflates "Hazor" and "Ithnan" into a single word in the list, while Codex Alexandrinus completely omits "Ithnan" from it. Suspected by some archaeologists to be identical with modern "El-Jebariyeh".
* Hazor, one of the towns inhabited by the descendants of the Tribe of Benjamin, after their return from Babylonian Captivity. [Nehemiah 11:33] The town, described by the Book of Nehemiah as being located between Ananiah and Ramah, is suspected by some archaeologists to be identical with modern "Khirbet Hazzur".
* Hazor, one of the towns devastated by Nabu-Kudurri-User, described by the Book of Jeremiah as being in the vicinity of Kedar. [Jeremiah 49:28-33] The text refers to "kingdoms of Hazor", which suggests the possibility that this "Hazor" was the name of a region in the Arab desert (the land east of the Jordan River). ["Jewish Encyclopedia"]
* Kerioth-Hezron, a town in the south of the land occupied by the Tribe of Judah, Kerioth; [Joshua 15:25] the Revised Standard Version renders it as "Hazor-Hadattah". Archaeologists suspect the town to be identical to modern "Khirbet el-Qaryatein".

Modern-day Israel:
*Hatzor HaGlilit, a town in northern Israel
*Hatzor, a kibbutz in central Israel, also called "Hatzor Ashdod" after the nearby city.
*Hatzor Airbase, an Israeli Air Force base located next to the kibbutz

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  • HAZOR — (Heb. חָצוֹר), a large Canaanite and Israelite city in Upper Galilee. It is identified with Tell al Qidāḥ (also called Tell Waqqāṣ), 8¾ mi. (14 km.) north of the Sea of Galilee and 5 mi. (8 km.) southwest of Lake Ḥuleh . The city was… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Hazor — Hazor,   Chazor [hebräisch »Hof«, »Gehöft«], bedeutende alte Stadt in Galiläa, heute der Hügel Tel Hazor in Nordisrael, 15 km nördlich des Sees von Genezareth; literarisch aus ägyptischen Quellen seit 1800 und aus Mari Briefen seit 1700 v. Chr.… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Hazor — Hazor, s. Chazor …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Hazor — Tels bibliques – Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheva * …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Hazor — Luftbild von Hazor Stadttor mit drei Kammern …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Hazor —    Enclosed; fortified.    1) A stronghold of the Canaanites in the mountains north of Lake Merom (Josh. 11:1 5). Jabin the king with his allied tribes here encountered Joshua in a great battle. Joshua gained a signal victory, which virtually… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Hazor-hadattah —    New Hazor, a city in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:25). It is probably identified with the ruins of el Hazzarah, near Beit Jebrin …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Hazor — /hah zawr , zohr /, n. an ancient city in Israel, N of the Sea of Galilee: extensive excavations; capital of Canaanite kingdom. * * * …   Universalium

  • Hazor — An important city north of the Sea of Galilee which has yielded valuable information in archaeological excavations. According to the books of Joshua 11) and Judges 4) it was taken by the Israelites, fortified by Solomon (1 Kgs. 9:15) but captured …   Dictionary of the Bible

  • Hazor — n. ancient city in Israel …   English contemporary dictionary

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