Hazor
Appearance
Hazor (Hebrew: חצור, lit. "courtyard" or "settlement") is the name of several places in the biblical and modern Land of Israel:
Biblical locations:
- Hazor, a fortified city of the Upper Galilee between Ramah and Kadesh, which was one of the most important Caananite towns. The site has subsequently been identified as the modern Tell el-Qedah, the largest ancient ruin in modern Israel. Extensive, ongoing, archaeological excavations have been carried out at the location, which in 2005 was designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
- Hazor, A town in the southern Negev, between Kadesh and Ithan, mentioned in a geographic list.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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).[4]
- Kerioth-Hezron', a town in the south of the land occupied by the Tribe of Judah, Kerioth;[5] the Revised Standard Version renders it as Hazor-Hadattah. Archaeologists suspect the town to be identical to modern Khirbet el-Qaryatein.
Modern-day Israel:
- A town in northern Israel (see Hazor HaGelilit)
- A Kibbutz in central Israel (see Kibbutz Hatzor), also called "Hatzor Ashdod" after the nearby city.
- An Israeli Air Force base located next to this Kibbutz (see Hatzor Airbase)