HAZAR-SHUAL

(Haʹzar-shuʹal) [fox courtyard].

An enclave city of Simeon in the S of Judah. (Josh. 15:21, 28; 19:1-3; 1 Chron. 4:28) It was reoccupied after the Babylonian exile. (Neh. 11:25-27) The location is uncertain; some geographers suggest an identification with Khirbet el-Watan, about four miles (6.4 kilometers) E of Beer-sheba.