En-hazor
En-hazor ("fount of Hazor") is a fortified settlement named in the Book of Joshua as part of the inheritance of Naphtali,[1] distinct from a settlement called mentioned in the same context.[2]
Its location has not been identified, though a number of possible sites have been proposed. Some archaeologists have suggested that it lay in the vicinity of the modern town of Bint Jbeil in Lebanon.[3] Alternatively, it may have been situated at on the slopes of the mountains of Upper Galilee, west of Kedesh.[4]
References[]
- ^ Joshua 19:37
- ^ Joshua 19:36
- ^ Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, eds. David Noel Freedman, Astrid B Beck, Allen C Myers, p. 1278. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing (2000)
- ^ International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Geoffrey W Bromiley. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing (1994)
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