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Hazor is the name of several places in the biblical and modern Israel
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Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
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Hazor is the name of several places in the biblical and modern Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
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Biblical locations:
  • Tel Hazor, site of an ancient fortified city in the Upper Galilee, among the most important Caananite towns, and the largest ancient ruin in modern Israel and UNESCO World Heritage Site
    World Heritage Site

    A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
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  • Hazor, A town in the southern Negev
    Negev

    The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab ....
    , between Kadesh
    Kadesh (South of Israel)

    Kadesh , also known as Kadesh-Barnea , was a place in the south of History of ancient Israel and Judah.Moses subsequently sent envoys to the King of Edom from Kadesh , asking for permission to let the Israelites pass through his terrain....
     and Ithan, mentioned in a geographic list. The Codex Vaticanus
    Codex Vaticanus

    The Codex Vaticanus, , is one of the oldest and most valuable extant Biblical manuscript of the Greek Bible. The codex is named for its place of housing in the Vatican Library....
     conflates Hazor and Ithnan into a single word in the list, while Codex Alexandrinus
    Codex Alexandrinus

    The Codex Alexandrinus is a 5th century manuscript of the Greek Bible,The Greek Bible in this context refers to the Bible used by Greek-speaking Christians who lived in Egypt and elsewhere during the early history of Christianity....
     completely omits Ithnan from it. Suspected by some archaeologists to be identical with modern El-Jebariyeh.
  • Hazor, one of the towns inhabited by the descendants of the Tribe of Benjamin
    Tribe of Benjamin

    According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Benjamin was one of the twelve Israelites.Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes....
    , after their return from Babylonian Captivity
    Babylonian captivity

    The Babylonian captivity, or Babylonian exile, is the name typically given to the deportation and exile of the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in 586 BCE....
    . The town, described by the Book of Nehemiah
    Book of Nehemiah

    The Book of Nehemiah is a book of the Hebrew Bible, historically regarded as a Ezra-Nehemiah of the Book of Ezra, and is sometimes called the second book of Ezra....
     as being located between Ananiah
    Ananiah

    Ananiah, in the Bible, is a town in the tribe of Benjamin between Nob and Hazor . Ananiah, whose name means "protected by God," is probably the modern Beit Hanina, a small village 3 miles north of Jerusalem....
     and Ramah
    Ramah

    Ramah may refer to:*Camp Ramah, a number of Jewish summer camps affiliated with the Conservative Movement of Judaism*Ramah, the Hebrew acronym of Rabbi Meir Abulafia...
    , is suspected by some archaeologists to be identical with modern Khirbet Hazzur.
  • Hazor, one of the towns devastated by Nabu-Kudurri-User
    Nebuchadnezzar

    Nebuchadnezzar was the name of several kings of Babylonia.* Nebuchadrezzar I, who ruled the Babylonian Empire in the 1100s BC. His death causes the Chaldean Empire to crumble and fall 30 years after his death....
    , described by the Book of Jeremiah
    Book of Jeremiah

    The Book of Jeremiah, or Jeremiah , is part of the Hebrew Bible, Judaism's Tanakh, and later became a part of Christianity's Old Testament....
     as being in the vicinity of Kedar
    Kedar

    Kedar is a name that appears in both Judaism and Hinduism. It is also a raga in Indian classical music.....
    . The text refers to kingdoms of Hazor, which suggests the possibility that this Hazor was the name of a region in the Arab desert (the land east of the Jordan River
    Jordan River

    The Jordan River is a river in Southwest Asia which flows into the Dead Sea. It is considered to be one of the world's most sacred rivers. It is 251 kilometers long....
    ).
  • Kerioth-Hezron, a town in the south of the land occupied by the Tribe of Judah
    Tribe of Judah

    According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Judah was one of the twelve Israelites.Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes....
    , Kerioth
    Kerioth

    Kerioth - cities. #A town in the south of Judea . Judas Iscariot was probably a native of this place, and hence his name Iscariot. It has been identified with the ruins of el-Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron....
    ; the Revised Standard Version
    Revised Standard Version

    The Revised Standard Version is an English language Bible translation of the Bible published in the mid-20th century. It traces its history all the way back to William Tyndale's New Testament translation of 1525 and the King James Version of 1611....
     renders it as Hazor-Hadattah. Archaeologists suspect the town to be identical to modern Khirbet el-Qaryatein.


Modern-day Israel:
  • Hatzor HaGlilit, a town in northern Israel
  • Hatzor, a kibbutz in central Israel, also called Hatzor Ashdod after the nearby city.
  • Hatzor Airbase, an Israeli Air Force base located next to the kibbutz