En-hazor

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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 Hazor mentioned in the same context. [2]

Its location has not been identified, though a number of possible sites have been proposed. Yohanan Aharoni suggested that it was located at Aynata in Lebanon. [3] Alternatively, it may have been situated at Khirbet Hazzur on the slopes of the mountains of Upper Galilee, west of Kedesh, though no fountain has been found here. [4]

References

  1. Joshua 19:37
  2. Joshua 19:36
  3. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, eds. David Noel Freedman, Astrid B Beck, Allen C Myers, p. 407. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing (2000)
  4. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia , Geoffrey W. Bromiley. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing (1994)