Hazor

[ hah-zawr, -zohr ]

noun

1. an ancient city in Israel, N of the Sea of Galilee: extensive excavations; capital of Canaanite kingdom.

Example Sentences

As evidence, the telegram cited the Old Testament, which states that Solomon had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen stationed in “chariot cities” Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer, and in Jerusalem.

From Nature

“This death is on you,” Gal Hazor, a pop culture writer, said in a tweet on Saturday.

From New York Times

Geological evidence in archeological sites like Hazor and Gezer in Israel date it to the mid-8th century BC.

From Time

"Amona lies at the foothills of Mount Hazor, where God promised the land to Abraham and his descendants and, as a Jew, living here moves me to my very core," said Eli Greenberg, who lives in the outpost with his wife and eight children.

From Reuters

As the king did not punish the crime, Absalom invited Amnon to his plot of Baal Hazor, to the sheep-shearing, and there caused him to be stabbed by his servants in order to avenge his sister's shame.

From Project Gutenberg