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
Hazar-shual
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Glossary entries

Hazar-Shual

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
  2. Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
  3. They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
  4. …in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages;