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 Samuel 13:23 ). Probably it is the same with Hazor (
Nehemiah 11:33 ), now Tell' Asur, 5 miles north-east of Bethel.
These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.