ASOR (Heb. *Hàsôr*). — Name of various localities in ancient Palestine.
I. Canaanite stronghold, which Joshua captured and burned (Jos. 11:1, 10, 13), called *Aser* in *Tob.* 1:2 (Greek text), assigned to the tribe of Naphtali (Jos. 19:36). Located near Cades in Naphtali (1 Macc. 11:63, 67, 73), north of the Sea of Semonchotis or Hūleh (Flavius Josephus, *Ant. Jud.*, V, 5, 1), it is sometimes identified with *Hirbet Hūreibeh* (*Revue Biblique*, 35 [1926], p. 215), but commonly with *Tell el-Qedah* (or *Tell il-Qadīs*).
2. City of the tribe of Judah (Jos. 15:23), perhaps the modern "Ludwig" northeast of 'Ain Qedis (Cades).
3. Another city of Judah (Jos. 15:23), perhaps the modern "Ludwig" northeast of eil-Qeritein (Carioth).
4. City inhabited by the Benjamites after the return from exile (Neh. 11:33); it is the modern *Hirbet Haszūr*, east of Nebi Samwil.
5. In *Jer.* (49:28, 30, 33) Asor probably indicates sedentary Arab tribes in opposition to Cedar or nomadic Arab tribes.
Gaetano M. Perrella