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Hazar-susah

Hazar-susah is a settlement mentioned in 2 verses. Its most likely location is another name for Sansannah. The name means “or susim, the hay-paunch of a horse.”

Where is Hazar-susah?

Approx. 31.3445, 34.9014 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Possible modern locations

IdentificationTypeConfidence
another name for SansannahsettlementMedium
Sbalat Abu SuseinsettlementMedium

Hazar-susah in the Bible dictionary

Village of the horse, the same as Sansannah, one of Solomon’s “chariot cities” (Josh. 15:31; 2 Chr. 1:14), a depot in the south border of Judah.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Full dictionary entry →

Verses that mention Hazar-susah

  • Joshua 19:5

    And Ziklag, and Beth–marcaboth, and Hazar–susah,

  • 1 Chronicles 4:31

    And at Beth–marcaboth, and Hazar–susim, and at Beth–birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.