Hazar-enan
City · today: now Al Qaryatayn
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.)
Named in 4 verses
- Numbers 34:9 Then the border shall go to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your north border.
- Numbers 34:10 “‘You shall mark out your east border from Hazar Enan to Shepham.
- Ezekiel 47:17 The border from the sea shall be Hazar Enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.
- Ezekiel 48:1 “Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward