Ezekiel 47:16
in Ezekiel 47On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad, Berothah, and Sibraim (which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.
KJV
Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar–hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
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This verse in Ezekiel 47
Commentary
6 notes on this verseHamath, Berothah, Sibraim,.... The line of the northern border should be drawn on by Hamath, the same with Antiochia in Syria, since called Epiphania, as Jerom observes, from Antiochus Epiphanies; and go on by Berothah, a city of Hadadezer king of Zobah, 2Sa 8:8, the same with the Barothena of Ptolemy (q), placed by him in Syria; and from thence the line would be carried on to Sibraim, a city in Arabia Deserta: which is between the border of Damascus; the chief city in Syria: and the border of Hamath; before mentioned.
This site's exposition
the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad
on Ezekiel 47:15-20
The border is traced in a single circuit, north through Hethlon, Zedad, Hamath and Damascus, east along Hauran and Gilead to the Jordan and the east sea, south from Tamar to the waters of strife at Kadesh, and west along the great sea itself. Keil reads the boundary as drawn wider than the land Israel ever actually possessed under David or Solomon, a promise stated at its fullest extent rather than a record of past borders. The positions on how literally the boundary is meant to be read stand with the same two readings already named for the temple's own measurements.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Versed. 15 seqq.) This is the end of the land on the northern side, from the great sea, for those coming from Ethalon, Sadada, Emath, Berotha, Sabarim, which is between the middle of Damascus and the border of Emath: the courtyard of Thicon (Vulg. house of Atthicon), which is near the borders of Auran (or Auranitis). And the boundary will be from the sea to the courtyard of Enon (or Seraranan), the boundary of Damascus, and from the North to the North the boundary of Emath on the northern side (Vulg. and the boundary of Emath; on the northern side).
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
Hamath - Emesa or Amesa, in Syria. - Calmet. Berothah - Berytus, now Baruth or Beeroth, which David took from Hadarezer, king of Syria, 2Sa 8:8; but these things are very uncertain. Sibraim - Sabarim or Sepharvaim, according to the Syriac, between Hamath and Damascus. Hazar-hatticon - The middle Hazar; or middle village, as the margin. Hauran - The city Aurana, and the district Auranitis, are in the north-east limit of the Holy Land.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
But it was not always to be a separate land. Between the parallel ranges of Lebanon is the long valley of El-Bekaa, leading to "the entering in of Hamath" on the Orontes, in the Syrian frontier. Roman roads, and the harbor made at Cæsarea, opened out doors through which the Gospel should go from it to all lands.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
“Berothah,” probably the same as “Berothai” (marginal reference), lay between Hamath and Damascus, as did “Sibraim.” “Hazar-hatticon” is probably, as in the margin, “the middle Hazar,” to distinguish it from Hazar-enan Eze 47:17.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חֲמָ֤ת׀ | chamat | Hamath | H2574 → | 35 times |
| בֵּר֙וֹתָה֙ | berotah | Berothah | H1268 → | |
| סִבְרַ֔יִם | sivrayim | Sibraim | H5453 → | |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בֵּין־ | bein- | [is] between | H996 → | 407 times |
| גְּב֣וּל | gevul | [the] territory of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק | damesek | Damascus | H1834 → | 45 times |
| וּבֵ֖ין | uvein | and between | H996 → | 407 times |
| גְּב֣וּל | gevul | [the] territory of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| חֲמָ֑ת | chamat | Hamath | H2574 → | 35 times |
| חָצֵר֙ | chatzer | Hazer- | H2694 → | |
| הַתִּיכ֔וֹן | hatikhon | hattikon | H2694 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | [is] to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| גְּב֥וּל | gevul | [the] border of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| חַוְרָֽן׃ | chavran | Hauran | H2362 → |
חֲמָ֤ת׀Hamath
chamatH2574 →35 times
בֵּר֙וֹתָה֙Berothah
berotahH1268 →
סִבְרַ֔יִםSibraim
sivrayimH5453 →
אֲשֶׁר֙which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בֵּין־[is] between
bein-H996 →407 times
גְּב֣וּל[the] territory of
gevulH1366 →240 times
דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקDamascus
damesekH1834 →45 times
וּבֵ֖יןand between
uveinH996 →407 times
גְּב֣וּל[the] territory of
gevulH1366 →240 times
חֲמָ֑תHamath
chamatH2574 →35 times
חָצֵר֙Hazer-
chatzerH2694 →
הַתִּיכ֔וֹןhattikon
hatikhonH2694 →
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אֶל־[is] to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
גְּב֥וּל[the] border of
gevulH1366 →240 times
חַוְרָֽן׃Hauran
chavranH2362 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 13:21So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
it leads to
- Numbers 33:36
They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
- Numbers 20:1
In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- Numbers 27:14
for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in…
- Joshua 15:1
Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
- Numbers 33:36
Through
Zechariah 9:2and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 28:12
“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect…
- Jeremiah 49:23
Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.
- Ezekiel 28:12
Through
Ezekiel 48:1“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…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 47:15–17
This shall be the boundary of the land:
- Ezekiel 47:15–17
Through
2 Samuel 8:8And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 18:8
And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.
- 1 Chronicles 18:8
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.
