Hazor
A large fortified city in upper Galilee, described in Joshua as 'the head of all those kingdoms'. Joshua captured and burned it; it was later rebuilt as a royal city by Solomon, and excavation has shown a substantial Canaanite and Israelite city on the site (Joshua 11:10-13; 1 Kings 9:15).
Where in scripture
[10] Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword: for Hazor used to be the head of all those kingdoms. [11] They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burned Hazor with fire. [12] Joshua captured all the cities of those kings, with their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded. [13] But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.
Joshua 11:10–13 — cited in the description of Hazor
This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build Yahweh’s house, his own house, Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Kings 9:15 — cited in the description of Hazor
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
What we know — and how we know it
Imhotep tep — CC0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
ArchaeologyTel Hazor, the largest mound in the land, reveals a huge Canaanite city violently burned and a later Israelite six-chambered gate.
