Hazar-enan

Hazar-enan is a settlement named in 4 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Al Qaryatayn (medium confidence; 1 other proposal below).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Verses

Numbers

• Numbers 34:9
  And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar–enan: this shall be your north border.continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
• Numbers 34:10
  And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar–enan to Shepham:And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 47:17
  And the border from the sea shall be Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.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.
• 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, Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.“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.

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.