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Place Old Testament

Hazor-hadattah

Also known as Hazor-hadattah =ESV; Hazor, Hadattah =KJV; Hazor Hadattah =NIV

Hazor-hadattah, meaning "New Hazor," was a town in the Negev region, part of the territory allotted to the tribe of Judah (Josh 15:25). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 15:25.

Why it matters. Town in the Negev region of Judah

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Location
31.162, 35.057 (approximate, within about 2 km)

Coordinates from STEPBible TIPNR (palopenmaps.org link). Approximate; not independently verified.

Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Hazor-hadattah

Hazor-hadattah, meaning "New Hazor," was a town located in the Negev region, in the southern part of the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah (Josh 15:25). The name suggests that it may have been a newer settlement or an extension of the older town of Hazor, also mentioned in the same chapter (Josh 15:23). Its location remains unknown.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

Record type: Place. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.