ASOR (Heb. Ḥāṣōr). - Name of various localities in ancient Palestine.
1. Canaanite stronghold, which Joshua captured and burned (Ios. 11, 1. 10. 13), called Aser in Tob. 1, 2 (Greek text), assigned to the tribe of Neftali (Ios. 19, 36). Situated near Cades of Neftali (I Mach. 11, 63. 67, 73), north of Lake Semacontide or Hüleh (Flavius Josephus, Ant. Jud., V, 5, 1), it is sometimes identified with Hirbet Hüreibeh (Revue Biblique, 35 [1926], p. 215), but commonly with Tell el-Qedah (or Tell Waqqāh).
2. City of the tribe of Giuda (Ios. 15, 23), perhaps present-day el-Hadjīreh, northeast of 'Ain Qedeis (Cades).
3. Another city of Giuda (Ios. 15, 25), perhaps present-day el-Hadjīreh, 8 km. northeast of el-Qeritein (Carioth).
4. City inhabited by the Benlaminti after the return from exile (Neh. 11, 33); it is present-day Hirbet Hazzūr, east of Nebi Samwili.
5. In Ier. (49, 28. 30. 33), Asor probably denotes sedentary Arab tribes, as opposed to Cedar, or nomadic Arab tribes. Gaetano M. Perrella