HAZORha'-zor (chatsor; Nasor; Codex Sinaiticus, Asor, 1 Maccabees 11:67):(1) The royal city of Jabin (Joshua 11:1), which, before the Israelite conquest, seems to have been the seat of a wide authority (Joshua 11:11). It was taken by Joshua, who exterminated the inhabitants, and it was the only city in that region which he destroyed by fire (11:11-13). At a... View Details
HEZRON (1)hez'-ron (chetsron, and chetsron; Septuagint Asron):(1) A son of Reuben (Genesis 46:9 Exodus 6:14), and head of the family of the Hezronites (Numbers 26:6).(2) A son of Perez, and grandson of Judah (Genesis 46:12 Numbers 26:21 1 Chronicles 2:5, 9, 18, 21, 24, 25; 1 Chronicles 4:1), a direct ancestor of David (Ruth 4:18 f). He appears also in the ge... View Details
KERIOTHke'-ri-oth, -oth (qeriyoth):(1) A city of Moab, named with Beth-meon and Bozrah (Jeremiah 48:24, 41). Here was a sanctuary of Chemosh, to which Mesha says (M S, l. 13) he dragged "the altar hearths of Davdoh." It may possibly be represented by the modern Kuraiat, between Diban and `Attarus. Some (e.g. Driver on Amos 2:2) think it may be only another n... View Details