Hethlon standard
Ref="Bible:Num.34.8">Nu 34:8, while the Septuagint evidently translated the text it had.
Where is Hethlon in the Bible?
Hethlon was a location on the northern border of ancient Israel, mentioned prominently in the prophet Ezekiel's vision of the restored land of Israel (Ezekiel 47:15 and 48:1). It also appears in the book of Numbers as part of the boundary description for Israel's territory (Numbers 34:8). Scholars generally identify Hethlon with a site in the region northeast of Tripoli in what is now Lebanon, with the "way of Hethlon" corresponding to the Eleutherus valley between Homs and the Mediterranean Sea. In Ezekiel's prophetic vision, Hethlon served as a reference point for the future borders of the restored nation, giving it theological significance as part of God's promised restoration of Israel's land.
Hethlon
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)Ref="Bible:Num.34.8">Nu 34:8, while the Septuagint evidently translated the text it had. In accordance with the opinion they hold as to the boundary line of Northern Israel, van Kasteren and Buhl seek to identify Hethlon with 'Adlun on the river Qasmiyeh. Much more in harmony with the line of the other border towns given is its identification with Heitala to the Northeast of Tripoli. The "way of Hethlon" would then coincide with the Eleutherus valley, between Homs and the Mediterranean, through which the railway now runs, and to this identification the Septuagint seems to give testimony, indicating some path of "descent" from the Biqa'a.
W. M. Christie
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