Place
Hazor
Named in 3 verses, first in Jeremiah 49:28.
In the Bible
All 3 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 49:28
Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
- Jeremiah 49:30
Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.
- Jeremiah 49:33
“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”
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
A district in Arabia (Jer. 49:28-33), supposed by some to be Jetor, i.e., Ituraea.