Tel Hazor , also
Hatzor and
Tell el-Qedah, is an archaeological
tell at the site of ancient Hazor, located in the
Upper Galilee, north of the
Sea of Galilee, in the southern
Hula Valley overlooking Lake
Merom. In the Middle Bronze Age (around 1750 BCE) and the Israelite period (ninth century BCE), Hazor was the largest fortified city in the country and one of the most important in the
Fertile Crescent. It maintained commercial ties with Babylon and Syria, and imported large quantities of tin for the bronze industry. In the
Book of Joshua, Hazor is described as “the head of all those kingdoms” (Josh. 11:10).