Encyclopedia entry

Hazar-shual

Village or enclosure of the jackal, a city on the south border of Judah (Josh. 15:28; Neh. 11:27). It has been identified with the ruins of Saweh, half-way between Beersheba and Moladah.

In the Bible

Verses where Hazar-shual is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

1 Chronicles 4:28
They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
Joshua 15:28
Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
Joshua 19:3
Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
Nehemiah 11:27
in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages;

Scripture on Hazar-shual

Hazar-shual references

Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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