Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Hethlon?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Haitla.

First appears in Ezekiel 47:15 · 1 books · 2 chapters

Overview

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. Modern identification: Haitla.

Hethlon is represented in the local geography layer as Haitla. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Ezekiel 47:15 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 122 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 212 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 217 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 225 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 273 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Hethlon today

Travel to Hethlon, the modern-day Haitla.

Hethlon is commonly identified with Haitla, 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.

Hethlon 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

Haitla

34.603°N · 36.134°E

Key passages

Appears in

Ezekiel

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions