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Hazer topographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people. As a proper name it appears in the Authorized Version -- 1. In the plural, HAZERIM and HAZEBOTH, for which See below. 2. In the sligh...

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Hazer topographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people. As a proper name it appears in the Authorized Version --

1. In the plural, HAZERIM and HAZEBOTH, for which See below.

2. In the slightly different form of HAZOR.

3. In composition with other words:

4. HAZAR-ADDAR (village of Addar), a place named as one of the landmarks on the southern boundary of the land promised to Israel. (Numbers 34:4) ADAR (Joshua 15:3)

5. HAZAR-ENAN (village of fountains), the place at which the northern boundary of the land promised to the children of Israel was to terminate. (Num 34:9; Num 34:10) comp. Ezek 47:17; 48:1

6. HAZAB GADDAH (village of fortune), one of the towns in the southern district of Judah, (Joshua 15:27) named between Moladah and Heshmon.

7. HAZAR-SHUAL (village of jackals), a town in the southern district of Judah, lying between Hazar-gaddah and Beersheba. (Joshua 15:28; 19:3; 1Chronicles 4:28)

8. HAZAR-SUSAH (village of horses), one of the "cities" allotted to Simeon in the extreme south of the territory of Judah. (Joshua 19:5)

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