Bible Location
Meaning: a fearful dwelling · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Hethlon was a northern boundary point in Ezekiel's vision of the restored land. It is important because it helps define the ideal border of the future inheritance. First appears in Ezek 47:15.1
Place meaning
a fearful dwelling
Coordinates
34.74, 36.34
First appears
Ezek 47:15
AI summary: Hethlon matters because prophetic restoration is described with real geographic markers. In Ezekiel, the way of Hethlon frames the northern extent of the land, turning an obscure route into part of a larger vision of order and renewed possession. The cross references present Hethlon as a northern boundary-route in prophetic land geography.1
Place meaning
a fearful dwelling
Latitude
34.74
Longitude
36.34
Bible references
2
Wrapped up, a place on the north border of Palestine. The “way of Hethlon” (Ezek. 47:15; 48:1) is probably the pass at the end of Lebanon from the Mediterranean to the great plain of Hamath (q.v.), or the “entrance of Hamath.” 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.