Baal-hazor
baal-hazor
having a courtyard, or baal’s village, the place on the borders of ephraim and benjamin where absalom held the feast of sheep-shearing when amnon was -ss-ssinated (2 sam. 13:23). probably it is the same with hazor (neh. 11:33), now tell’ asur, 5 miles north-east of bethel.
historical examples
a sheepshearing at baal-hazor gave occasion for a feast, to which the king and all his sons should be asked.
the expositor’s bible: the second book of samuel w. g. blaikie
absalom’s lands and herds were situated at baal-hazor, not far from the capital.
history of the jews, vol. i (of 6) heinrich graetz
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