Editing Tel Hazor (section)

===Middle Bronze Age===
During the Middle Bronze II (1820–1550 BC), Hazor was a vassal of [[Ishi-Addu]] of [[Qatna]] and his son [[Amut-piʾel II|Amutpiel II]]. Qatna was at the time a rival of the Great Kingdom of Yamhad centered on Aleppo, which also included Ebla and Hamath. Qatna controlled territory towards the Akkar Plain and the Beqa Valley to Hazor. However, Qatna also faced rebellions in the south, often instigated by Yamhad. In any case, Hazor was under strong Syrian influence from the north.

====King Ibni-Addu====
A king Ibni-Addu of Hazor (c. 1770–1765 BC) is known.<ref name="Sasson">Sasson, Jack M. "Introduction". ''From the Mari Archives: An Anthology of Old Babylonian Letters'', University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, 2015, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575063768-002</ref> There are trade routes connecting Hazor with Zimri-Lim of Mari and Yarim-Lim of Yamhad. Tin trade was important used together with copper to make the alloy bronze. For a brief period, Mari received tin from Elam before their friendship collapsed. ARMT 23 556 (dating to year 9–10 of Zimri-Lim) mentions this tin trade and Ibni-Addu of Hazor.<ref name="Sasson" /> At Hazor, a letter fragment addressed to king Ibni-Addu of Hazor is known.<ref>Israel Antiquities Authority, IAA 1997-3304; https://www.imj.org.il/en/collections/393323-0</ref><ref name="Goren">Goren, Y. (2000). "Provenance Study of the Cuneiform Texts from Hazor." ''Israel Exploration Journal'', 50(1/2), 29–42. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27926915</ref>

====Execration texts====
In Egypt, Hazor is mentioned in the [[execration texts]].

====Mari Archive====
At [[Mari, Syria|Mari]] (Syria), on the Euphrates River, letters mention Hazor during the reigns of [[Yasmah-Adad]] and [[Zimri-Lim]] (1775–1761 BC).<ref>Abraham Malamat, "Silver, Gold, and Precious Stones from Hazor" in a New Mari Document, ''The Biblical Archaeologist'', vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 169–174, (Summer, 1983)</ref> Hazor is part of a trade route Hazor-Qatna-Mari. A tablet fragment was also found at Hazor which listed an expected trade path from Hazor to Mari and then on to Ekallatum.<ref>Horowitz, Wayne, and Nathan Wasserman. "An Old Babylonian Letter from Hazor with Mention of Mari and Ekallātum." ''Israel Exploration Journal'', vol. 50, no. 3/4, 2000, pp. 169–74</ref> The Mari Letter (IAA 1997-3305) is a list of commodities from Mari to Hazor.<ref name="Goren" />

[[File:Hatzor-IsraeliteBastion.jpg|thumb|250px|Archaeological remains at Hazor]]