Hazor-hadattah standard
ward the border of Edom" (Jos 15:25). Eusebius and Jerome describe a "New Hazor" to the East of Ascalon, but this is too far North.
Where is Hazor-hadattah in the Bible?
Hazor-hadattah, meaning "New Hazor," was a town located in the Negev region of southern Judah in ancient Israel. This settlement appears in the Bible only in Joshua 15:25, where it is listed among the towns allotted to the tribe of Judah during the conquest and division of the Promised Land. The name suggests it was a newer settlement, possibly established to distinguish it from the more famous northern city of Hazor. While Hazor-hadattah's exact modern location remains uncertain, scholars place it somewhere in the southern Negev near the border region of Edom, though ancient sources like those from Eusebius and Jerome have suggested locations that most scholars now consider too far north.
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- Joshua