Bible Location
Meaning: a wolf's house · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
Hazar-shual was a southern town in the Negeb associated with Judah, Simeon, and later post-exilic settlement. It is important because it appears in the shared southern inheritance pattern and in the repopulation of the land. First appears in Josh 15:28.1
Place meaning
a wolf's house
Coordinates
31.22, 34.94
First appears
Josh 15:28
AI summary: Hazar-shual is one of the small Negeb towns that reveals how closely Judah's and Simeon's southern territories were intertwined. Its repeated appearance across Joshua, Chronicles, and Nehemiah shows that the town remained known from early allotment through restoration after exile. That persistence gives the place a quiet significance rooted in continuity rather than major events. The cross references present Hazar-shual as a southern border settlement preserved through inheritance and return.1
Place meaning
a wolf's house
Latitude
31.22
Longitude
34.94
Bible references
4
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. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.