Bible Location

Hazazon-tamar

2 cross references · Modern-day map available

Hazazon-tamar is another name for En-gedi, the oasis on the western shore of the Dead Sea. It is important because it links the Abraham-era invasion story with the later well-known wilderness refuge. First appears in Gen 14:7.1

Coordinates

31.46, 35.39

First appears

Gen 14:7

AI summary: Hazazon-tamar matters because the same dramatic oasis landscape appears in very different biblical settings. Genesis remembers it in the route of eastern kings, while Chronicles recalls it as the threatening approach of foreign armies in Jehoshaphat's day. The cross references present Hazazon-tamar as the En-gedi oasis of invasion, alarm, and strategic wilderness geography.1

Latitude

31.46

Longitude

35.39

Bible references

2