hazar-shual Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
hazar-shual in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.
hazar-shual in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
HA'ZAR-SHU'AL (village or enclosure of jackals), a town in the southern portion of Judah; given afterward to Simeon, Josh 15:28; Josh 19:3; 1 Chr 4:28, and repeopled after the Captivity, Neh 11:27. Wilton suggested Beni Shail, near Gaza, as its site, but Van de Velde and Conder, with greater pi-obability, locate it at Saweh, between Beersheba and Moladah. The ruins are on a high bluff; a wall built of flint blocks surrounds the site, and justifies the name Hazar ("enclosure").
hazar-shual in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("fox or jackal village"); in southern Judah, between Hazar-Gaddah and Beersheba (Joshua 15:28; Joshua 19:3; 1 Chronicles 4:28; Nehemiah 11:27); now Saweh.