Place · City
Hazar-shual
Named in 4 verses across 3 books, first in Joshua 15:28.
In the Bible
All 4 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Joshua
- Joshua 15:28
Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
- Joshua 19:3
Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 4:28
They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 11:27
in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages;
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Village or enclosure of the jackal, a city on the south border of Judah (Josh. 15:28; Neh. 11:27). It has been identified with the ruins of Saweh, half-way between Beersheba and Moladah.