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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Baal-hazor
Absalom held a sheep-shearing feast there, on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin, and used it to have his men kill Amnon. It was revenge for what Amnon had done to their sister Tamar.
Absalom held a sheep-shearing feast there, on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin, and used it to have his men kill Amnon. It was revenge for what Amnon had done to their sister Tamar.
Baal-hazor, on the border between Ephraim and Benjamin, was where Absalom held a sheep-shearing feast and used the occasion to have his men murder his half-brother Amnon, in revenge for Amnon's rape of their sister Tamar (2 Samuel 13:23-29). The killing set off the chain of events that led to Absalom's exile and later revolt against David. The site is generally identified with modern Tell Asur, northeast of Bethel, the highest peak in the central hill country.
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