Hazarenan

Town · today Al Qaryatayn

Location likely Al Qaryatayn: about 330 km (210 miles) northeast of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Al Qaryatayn Likely
  • Hader Possible

Hazar-enan in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 4 Verses

  • Numbers 34:9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.
  • Numbers 34:10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham:
  • Ezekiel 47:17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
  • Ezekiel 48:1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.

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