Baal-hazor (bā'əl-hā'zôr), in the Bible, holy place where Absalom's servant killed Amnon.
Baal-hazor
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Baal-hazor, Baal's village, the place on the borders of Ephraim and Benjamin where Absalom held the feast of sheep-shearing when Amnon was assassinated (2 Samuel 13:23). Probably it is the same with Hazor (Nehemiah 11:33), now Tell' Asur, 8 km north-east of Bethel.
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