Baal-hazor Summary
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Baal-hazor was the place where Absalom sheared his sheep. (2Sa 13:23)
Baal-hazor
PlacePlace where Absalom sheared his sheep.
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- en Baal-hazor
- en Baal Hazor · Also called
- he בַּ֫עַל חָצוֹר · H1178
- bg Ваал-Хацор
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Baal-hazor Article
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Baal-hazor is mentioned in 2Sa.13.23 as the location where Absalom, King David's son, had his sheepshearers. Absalom invited all the king's sons to join him at Baal-hazor for a feast. It was during this gathering that Absalom orchestrated the murder of his half-brother Amnon in revenge for Amnon's rape of Absalom's sister Tamar. The exact location of Baal-hazor is not specified, but it was likely situated near Ephraim, as the verse mentions that it was "beside Ephraim."
Baal-hazor Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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 assassinated (2 Sam. 13:23). Probably it is the same with Hazor (Neh. 11:33), now Tell’ Asur, 5 miles north-east of Bethel.
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