Hazor
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Hazor is the name of several places in the biblical and modern Israel
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Biblical locations:
Modern-day Israel:
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The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
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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 SiteWorld Heritage SiteA UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance...
. - Hazor, A town in the southern NegevNegevThe Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The Arabs, including the native Bedouin population of the region, refer to the desert as al-Naqab. The origin of the word Neghebh is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'...
, between KadeshKadesh (South of Israel)Kadesh or Qadhesh in Classical , also known as Qadesh-Barneʿa , was a place in the south of Ancient Israel. The name "Kodesh" means holy. The name "Barnea" may mean desert of wandering...
and Ithan, mentioned in a geographic list. The Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209 conflates Hazor and Ithnan into a single word in the list, while Codex AlexandrinusCodex AlexandrinusThe Codex Alexandrinus is a 5th century manuscript of the Greek Bible,The Greek Bible in this context refers to the Bible used by Greek-speaking Christians who lived in Egypt and elsewhere during the early history of Christianity...
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 BenjaminTribe of BenjaminAccording to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Benjamin בִּנְיָמִין was one of the Tribes of Israel.From after the conquest of the land by Joshua until the formation of the first Kingdom of Israel in c. 1050 BCE, the Tribe of Benjamin was a part of a loose confederation of Israelite tribes...
, after their return from Babylonian CaptivityBabylonian captivityThe Babylonian captivity was the period in Jewish history during which the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon—conventionally 587–538 BCE....
. The town, described by the Book of NehemiahBook of NehemiahThe Book of Nehemiah is a book of the Hebrew Bible. Told largely in the form of a first-person memoir, it concerns the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem by Nehemiah, a Jew who is a high official at the Persian court, and the dedication of the city and its people to God's laws...
as being located between AnaniahAnaniahAnaniah, in the Bible, is a town in the tribe of Benjamin between Nob and Hazor . Ananiah, whose name means "protected by God," was identified by the 19th century French traveler V. Guerin, author of Description de La Jude'e, with the present-day Beit Hanina, a small village 3 miles north of...
and RamahRamahRamah may refer to:In ancient Israel* Ramathaim-Zophim, the birth-place of Samuel* Ramoth-Gilead, a Levite city of refuge* Ramah in Benjamin* Baalath-Beer, also known as Ramoth of the South, in the tribe of Simeon...
, is suspected by some archaeologists to be identical with modern Khirbet Hazzur. - Hazor, one of the towns devastated by Nabu-Kudurri-UserNebuchadnezzarNebuchadnezzar was the name of several kings of Babylonia.* Nebuchadnezzar I, who ruled the Babylonian Empire in the 12th century BC* Nebuchadnezzar II , the Babylonian ruler mentioned in the biblical Book of Daniel...
, described by the Book of JeremiahBook of JeremiahThe Book of Jeremiah is the second of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, following the book of Isaiah and preceding Ezekiel and the Book of the Twelve....
as being in the vicinity of Kedar. 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). - Kerioth-Hezron, a town in the south of the land occupied by the Tribe of JudahTribe of JudahAccording to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Judah was one of the Tribes of Israel.Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes....
, KeriothKeriothKerioth - cities. #A town in the south of Judea . Judas Iscariot was probably a native of this place, and hence his name Iscariot. It has been identified with the ruins of el-Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron. ....
; the Revised Standard VersionRevised Standard VersionThe Revised Standard Version is an English translation of the Bible published in the mid-20th century. It traces its history to William Tyndale's New Testament translation of 1525. The RSV is an authorized revision of the American Standard Version of 1901...
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 AirbaseHatzor AirbaseHatzor Israeli Air Force Base , also titled Kanaf 4 is an Israeli Air Force military air base, located in central Israel, near kibbutz Hatzor after which it is named...
, an Israeli Air Force base located next to the kibbutz