En-hazor ("fount of Hazor") is a fortified settlement named in the
Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian captivity, Babylonian exile. It tells of the ...
as part of the inheritance of
Naphtali
According to the Book of Genesis, Naphtali (; ) was the sixth son of Jacob, the second of his two sons with Bilhah. He was the founder of the Israelite tribe of Naphtali.
Some biblical commentators have suggested that the name ''Naphtali'' ma ...
, distinct from a settlement called
Hazor mentioned in the same context.
Its location has not been identified, though a number of possible sites have been proposed.
Yohanan Aharoni
Yohanan Aharoni (; 7 June 1919 – 9 February 1976) was an Israeli archaeologist and historical geographer, chairman of the Department of Near East Studies and chairman of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University.
Life
Born to the Ar ...
suggested that it was located at
Aynata in
Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
. Alternatively, it may have been situated at
Khirbet Hazzur on the slopes of the mountains of
Upper Galilee
The Upper Galilee (, ''HaGalil Ha'Elyon''; , ''Al Jaleel Al A'alaa'') is a geographical region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Part of the larger Galilee region, it is characterized by its higher elevations and mountainous terra ...
, west of
Kedesh
Kedesh (alternate spellings: Qedesh, Cadesh, Cydessa) was an ancient Canaanite and later Israelite settlement in Upper Galilee, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. Its remains are located in Tel Kedesh, northeast of the modern Kibbut ...
, though no fountain has been found here.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia'
, Geoffrey W. Bromiley. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing (1994)
References
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Hebrew Bible cities