Hazar-enan was a town located on the northern border of the Promised Land (Num.34.9-10) and the future inheritance of the tribe of Dan (Ezk.48.1).
Also known as Hazar Enan
Hazar-enan, meaning "village of springs," was a town situated on the northern border of the Promised Land, as described in Numbers 34:9-10. It served as a boundary marker between the territories of Damascus and Hamath. The prophet Ezekiel, in his vision of the restored land of Israel, mentioned Hazar-enan as part of the northern border of the land allocated to the tribe of Dan (Ezk.48.1). Hazar-enan was also listed as a point on the eastern frontier of the land (Ezk.47.17). Its exact location is uncertain, but it was likely in the region of modern-day Lebanon or Syria.
Approximate location: 34.229, 37.240 · view on a map · on the Bible atlas
Village of fountains, a place on the north-east frontier of Palestine (Num. 34:9, 10). Some have identified it with Ayan ed-Dara in the heart of the central chain of Anti-Libanus. More probably, however, it has been identified with Kuryetein, about 60 miles east-north-east of Damascus. (Comp. Ezek. 47:17; 48:1.)
HA'ZAR-E'NAN (fountain, village), a boundary of the Promised Land. Num 34:9-10; Eze 47:17; Eze 48:1. Porter would identify it with Kuryetein, 60 miles east-north-east of Damascus, where are large fountains, fragments of columns, and other ruins, but this is too far north; Canon Cook suggests Ayon ed-Dara, a fountain in the heart of the central chain of Anti-Libanus.
HA'ZAR-E'NAN (fountain, village), a boundary of the Promised Land. Num 34:9-10; Eze 47:17; Eze 48:1. Porter would identify it with Kuryetein, 60 miles east-north-east of Damascus, where are large fountains, fragments of columns, and other ruins, but this is too far north; Canon Cook suggests Ayon ed-Dara, a fountain in the heart of the central chain of Anti-Libanus.
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4 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H2704
continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,
So the border will run from the Sea to Hazar-enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.
“Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side.
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