Bible Location
Meaning: point; joy of tenderness · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Hadrach was the region named in Zechariah's oracle against the north. It is important because it belongs to the broad Syrian horizon of judgment at the start of the prophecy. First appears in Zech 9:1.1
Place meaning
point; joy of tenderness
Coordinates
33.52, 36.31
First appears
Zech 9:1
AI summary: Hadrach matters because Zechariah's opening oracle moves through named regions to show the reach of divine judgment. The place belongs to the northern arc stretching toward Damascus.1
Place meaning
point; joy of tenderness
Latitude
33.52
Longitude
36.31
Bible references
1
The name of a country (Zech. 9:1) which cannot be identified. Rawlinson would identify it with Edessa. He mentions that in the Assyrian inscriptions it is recorded that “Shalmanezer III. made two expeditions, the first against Damascus B.C. 773, and the second against Hadrach B.C. 772; and again that Asshurdanin-il II. made expeditions against Hadrach in B.C. 765 and 755.” 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
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.