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Baal-hazor

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Balazor [2Sam 13:23 ], somewhere in the territory of Ephraim, where Absalom deceitfully killed his brother Amnon during the sheep shearing.

Biblical Dictionary by Adolf Novotný

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Baal-hazor

having a courtyard, or Baal's village, the place on the borders of Ephraim and Benjamin where Absalom held the feast of sheep-shearing when Amnon was assassinated (2Sam 13:23 ). Probably it is the same with Hazor (Neh 11:33 ), now Tell' Asur, 5 miles north-east of Bethel.

EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary