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Baal-hazor

Baal-hazor () was a village in the ancient Kingdom of Israel. Located on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin, it is where Absalom held the feast of sheep-shearing when Amnon was assassinated, according to . It is probably identical with Hazor mentioned in .

Baal-hazor is identified with Tell Asur, a 1,016 meters high mountain 8 km north-east of Bethel. It is the highest mountain in Samaria and one of the highest mountains in the West Bank.

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