Hazor in the Bible

Meaning: court; hay

Exact Match

Then when Jabin king of Hazor heard [of Israel’s other victories] he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and struck its king dead with the sword; for Hazor previously was the head of all these kingdoms.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsKilling Kings

They struck all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was no one left who breathed. And he set fire to Hazor.

Verse ConceptsNo SurvivorsExterminationBurning Cities

But Israel did not burn any of the cities that stood [walled and fortified] on their mounds, except Hazor alone, which Joshua burned.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyConflagrationsBurning Cities

And Hazor-Gaddah, and Heshmon and the House of Escape,

And Hazor-Shual and the Well of the Oath, and Bizjothjah,

And Hazor-Shual, and Balah, and Azem,

And Ziklag, and the House of Chariots, and Hazor-Susah,

Thematic Bible



In the days of Pekah king of Israel, came Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, and he will take Ijon, and Abel of the house of oppression, and Janoah, and Kadesh and Hazer, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he will carry them captive to Assyria.

And it will be when Jabin, king of Hazor, heard, and he will send to Jobab, king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,

And Jehovah will sell them into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the captain of his army, Sisera; and he will dwell in Harosheth of the nations:

Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

And Joshua will turn back in that time and he will take Hazor, and her king he smote with the sword: and Hazor before them it is the head of all these kingdoms. And they will smite every soul which is in it with the mouth of the sword, exterminating: and no breath was left: and he burnt Hazor in fire.

Only all the cities standing upon their heap, Israel burnt them not, except Hazor only Joshua burnt

The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

And Sisera fled upon his feet to the tent of Jael, wife of Heber, the Kenite: for peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

And they will forget Jehovah their God, and he will sell them into the hand of Sisera, chief of the army of Razor, and into the hand of Philisteim, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they will war against them.


And Kedesh and Hazor and Ithnan,

And this the word of tribute which king Solomon brought up to build the house of Jehovah, and his house, and the fortress, and the walls of Jerusalem, and the enclosure, and Megiddo, and Gezer.


Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,


References

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Easton

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