Hazar-shual
Hazar-shual was a town in the Negev allotted to Judah (Joshua 15:28), later given to the tribe of Simeon (Joshua 19:3; 1 Chronicles 4:28), and inhabited by Jews after the Babylonian exile.
The name Hazar-shual means “a wolf's house”
PlaceOld Testament3 books4 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Joshua 15:28; only referred to as Hazar-shual (חֲצַר שׁוּעָל).
Location
- Identified as
- within 10 km of Beersheba 1
- Certainty
- Possible (43% of scholarship) · 3 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 31.245° N, 34.841° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- חֲצַר שׁוּעָלHazar-shual
Mentions
- Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
- Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
- They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
- …in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages;