Difference between revisions of "Baal-Hazor"

<p> <strong> [[Baal-Hazor]] </strong> . Beside Ephraim, where were Absalom’s sheep-shearers (&nbsp; 2 Samuel 13:23 ). Identified by Conder with <em> Tell ‘Asur </em> , a mountain 4960 ft. above the sea, an hour’s ride [[N.E.]] of <em> Beitin </em> . </p> <p> [[R.]] [[A.]] [[S.]] Macalister. </p>

<p> (Hebrews Baa'l Chatsor', בִּעִל חָצוֹר, ''having a village:'' Sept. Βααλασώρ v. r. Βελασώρ ), the place where Absalom kept his flocks; and held the sheep-shearing feast at which [[Amnon]] was assassinated (&nbsp;2 Samuel 13:23). The [[Targum]] makes it "the plain of Hazor," and so Ewald (Isr. Gesch. 2, 639); but this locality would be far fron that of the above passage, where it is said to have been "beside (עם ) Ephraim;" not in the tribe of that name, but near the city called Ephraim, which was in the tribe of Benjamin, and is mentioned in &nbsp;2 Chronicles 13:19; &nbsp;John 11:54. This [[Ephraim]] is placed by [[Eusebius]] eight miles from [[Jerusalem]] on the road to Jericho, and is supposed by Reland to have been between [[Bethel]] and [[Jericho]] ''(Palestine,'' 1, 377). Perhaps Baal-hazor is the same with [[Hazor]] (See [[Hazor]]) (q.v.) in the tribe of [[Benjamin]] (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:33), now ''Asur'' in the vicinity indicated (see Schwarz, ''Palest.'' p. 133). </p>

<p> '''''bā''''' -'''''al''''' -'''''hā´zor''''' ( בּעל חצור , <i> '''''ba‛al ḥācōr''''' </i> ; Βαιλασώρ , <i> '''''Bailasō̇r''''' </i> , Βελλασώρ , <i> '''''Bel''''' </i> - <i> '''''la''''' </i> - <i> '''''sō̇r''''' </i> ): [[A]] place on the property of Absalom where his sheep-shearers were gathered, beside Ephraim (&nbsp;2 Samuel 13:23 ). The sheep-shearing was evidently the occasion of a festival which was attended by Absalom's brethren. Here he compassed the death of Amnon in revenge for the outrage upon his sister. The place may be identified with <i> '''''Tell ‛Aṣūr''''' </i> , a mountain which rises 3, 318 ft. above the sea, 4 miles Northeast of Bethel. </p>