Baal-hazor was the place where Absalom sheared his sheep. (2Sa.13.23)
Also known as Baal Hazor
Baal-hazor is mentioned in 2Sa.13.23 as the location where Absalom, King David's son, had his sheepshearers. Absalom invited all the king's sons to join him at Baal-hazor for a feast. It was during this gathering that Absalom orchestrated the murder of his half-brother Amnon in revenge for Amnon's rape of Absalom's sister Tamar. The exact location of Baal-hazor is not specified, but it was likely situated near Ephraim, as the verse mentions that it was "beside Ephraim."
Approximate location: 31.979, 35.279 · view on a map · on the Bible atlas
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 (2 Sam. 13:23). Probably it is the same with Hazor (Neh. 11:33), now Tell’ Asur, 5 miles north-east of Bethel.
BA'AL-HA'ZOR (Baal's village), where Absalom killed Amnon. 2 Sam 13:23.
BA'AL-HA'ZOR (Baal's village), where Absalom killed Amnon. 2 Sam 13:23.
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Two years later, when Absalomʼs sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
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