| Tall Asur | |
|---|---|
| Ba'al Hazor; Mount Hazor | |
 Ba'al Hazor as seen from Beit El | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,016 m (3,333 ft) |
| Coordinates | 31°58′43″N 35°17′10″E / 31.97861°N 35.28611°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | |
| Geography | |
  Tall Asur | |
Tall Asur (Arabic: تل العاصور), (Hebrew: Ba'al-hazor (Hebrew: בַּעַל חָצוֹר; also Hebrew: רמת חָצוֹר, romanized: Ramat Hazor Mount Hazor), is an irregularly shaped plateau, marking the geographical boundary between Samaria to its north and Judea to its south. It is one of the highest points in the West Bank; with an altitude of approximately 1,020 metres (3,350 ft) above sea level. It is surrounded by the villages of Silwad, Taybeh, Kafr Malik and Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya and the Israeli settlement of Ofra.
It is identified with the biblical site of Ba'al-hazor, a place in Samaria on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin where Absalom held the feast of sheep-shearing when Amnon was assassinated.[a] If that is correct, the modern Arabic place name preserves the original Biblical name.[1]
- ^ a b Orr-Ewing, H. J. (1927-01-01). "Tell Azūr". Palestine Exploration Quarterly. 59 (1): 14–17. doi:10.1179/peq.1927.59.1.14. ISSN 0031-0328.
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