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HAZOR.—1. The city of Jabin (Jos_11:1 etc.), in Naphtali (Jos_19:36), S. of Kedesh (1Ma_11:63; 1Ma_11:67 etc. called in Tob_1:2 Asher), overlooking Lake Semechonitis = cl-Hûleh (Jos. [Note: Josephus.] Ant. V. v. 1). The name probably lingers in Jebel and Merj el-Hadîreh, about 7 miles N. of Safed. It was taken and destroyed by Joshua. Solomon fortified it (1Ki_9:15). It was taken by Tiglath-pileser iii. (2Ki_15:29). 2. A town in the Negeb of Judah (Jos_15:23), unidentified. 3. A town also in the Negeh (Jos_15:25), identical with Kerioth-hezron. 4. A place in Benjamin, N. of Jerusalem (Neh_11:33), probably Khirbet Hazzûr, between Beit Haninah and Neby Samwîl. 5. The kingdoms of Hazor, named with Kedar (Jer_49:28 etc.), an Arabian district, possibly on the border of the desert.
W. Ewing.