bā-al-hā´zor (חצור בּעל, ba‛al ḥācōr; Βαιλασώρ, Bailasō̇r, Βελλασώρ, Bel- la- sō̇r): A place on the property of Absalom where his sheep-shearers were gathered, beside Ephraim ([2 Samuel 13:23]). The sheep-shearing was evidently the occasion of a festival which was attended by Absalom's brethren. Here he compassed the death of Amnon in revenge for the outrage upon his sister. The place may be identified with Tell ‛Aṣūr, a mountain which rises 3, 318 ft. above the sea, 4 miles Northeast of Bethel. Smith's Bible Dictionary or
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