Tall Asur

Tall Asur (Arabic: تل العاصور), known in Hebrew as Ba'al Hazor (Hebrew: בַּעַל חָצוֹר), is a hill and one of the highest points in the West Bank, with an altitude of 1,016 metres (3,333 ft). It is surrounded by the Palestinian villages of Silwad, Taybeh, Kafr Malik and Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya and the Israeli settlement of Ofra.

Tall Asur
Ba'al Hazor
Ba'al Hazor as seen from Beit El
Highest point
Elevation1,016 m (3,333 ft)
Coordinates31°58′43″N 35°17′10″E
Naming
Native name
  • בַּעַל חָצוֹר (Hebrew)
  • تل العاصور (Arabic)
Geography

In modern times it was identified with the biblical site of Baal-hazor, a place in Samaria on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin where Absalom held the feast of sheep-shearing when Amnon was assassinated, according to 2 Samuel 13:23. It is probably identical with Hazor mentioned in Nehemiah 11:33.[1] If that is correct, the modern Arabic place name preserves the original Biblical name.

The mountain has two peaks, one of which is an IDF base.

See also

Sources
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baal-Hazor.
  • Tall Asur - Peakbagger.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-04.

References
  1. Orr-Ewing, H. J. (1927-01-01). "Tell Azūr". Palestine Exploration Quarterly. 59 (1): 14–17. doi:10.1179/peq.1927.59.1.14. ISSN 0031-0328.
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