Hazor

Name means “court; hay”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Hazor, court; hay”

First named: Joshua 11:1

City Canaan Israel Judges

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A major Canaanite city whose king Jabin led a northern coalition against Joshua and was defeated, with Hazor itself burned (Joshua 11:1-13); a later King Jabin of Hazor oppressed Israel until Deborah and Barak defeated his general Sisera (Judges 4).

References: Joshua 11:1

People connected to Hazor

Jabin (M) — a king of this city, defeated by Joshua and, later, under Deborah and Barak
Joshua 11:1; Judges 4:2

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