Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Hazar-enan?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Al Qaryatayn.

First appears in Numbers 34:9 · 2 books · 3 chapters

Overview

Village of fountains, a place on the north-east frontier of Palestine (Num. 34:9, 10). Some have identified it with Ayan ed-Dara in the heart of the central chain of Anti-Libanus. Modern identification: Al Qaryatayn.

Hazar-enan is represented in the local geography layer as Al Qaryatayn. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 34:9 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 118 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 228 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 240 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 248 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 289 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Hazar-enan today

Travel to Hazar-enan, the modern-day Al Qaryatayn.

Hazar-enan is commonly identified with Al Qaryatayn, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Hazar-enan is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Al Qaryatayn

34.229°N · 37.241°E

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

Ezekiel

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions