Hazor

Hazor is the largest biblical-era site in Israel, covering some 200 acres. The population of Hazor in the second millennium B.C. is estimated to have been about 20,000, making it the largest and most important city in the entire region. Its size and strategic location on the route connecting Egypt and Babylon made it "the head of all those kingdoms" (Joshua 11:10). Hazor's conquest by the Israelites opened the way to the conquest and settlement of the Israelites in Canaan. The city was rebuilt and fortified by King Solomon (1^st Kings 9:15) and prospered in the days of Ahab and Jeroboam II, until its final destruction by the Assyrians (2nd Kings 15:29) in 732 B.C.