Ezekiel 47:16 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 47:16

On 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

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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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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Hamath, 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.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
חֲמָ֤ת׀	cha.Mat	Hamath	H2574 →
בֵּר֙וֹתָה֙	be.Ro.tah	Berothah	H1268 →
סִבְרַ֔יִם	siv.Ra.yim	Sibraim	H5453 →
אֲשֶׁר֙	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בֵּין־	bein-	[is] between	H996 →
גְּב֣וּל	ge.Vul	[the] territory of	H1366 →
דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק	da.Me.sek	Damascus	H1834 →
וּבֵ֖ין	u.Vein	and between	H996 →
גְּב֣וּל	ge.Vul	[the] territory of	H1366 →
חֲמָ֑ת	cha.Mat	Hamath	H2574 →
חָצֵר֙	cha.Tzer	Hazer-	H2694 →
הַתִּיכ֔וֹן	ha.ti.Khon	hattikon	H2694 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
אֶל־	'el-	[is] to	H413 →
גְּב֥וּל	ge.Vul	[the] border of	H1366 →
חַוְרָֽן׃	chav.Ran	Hauran	H2362 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 13:21
So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
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:
Through
Zechariah 9:2
and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.
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.
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…
leads to
- Ezekiel 47:15–17
  This shall be the boundary of the land:
Through
2 Samuel 8:8
And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
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.

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