hazar-enan Summary and Overview

village of fountains, a place on the NE frontier of Israel (Num. 34:9, 10). Some have identified it with Ayan ed-Dara in the heart of the central chain of Anti-Libanus. More probably, however, it has been identified with Kuryetein, about 60 miles east-NE of Damascus. (Compare Ezek. 47:17; 48:1.)

HA'ZAR-E'NAN (fountain, village), a boundary of the Promised Land. Num 34:9-10; Eze 47:17; Eze 48:1. Porter would identify it with Kuryetein, 60 miles east-north-east of Damascus, where are large fountains, fragments of columns, and other ruins, but this is too far north; Canon Cook suggests Ayon ed-Dara, a fountain in the heart of the central chain of Anti-Libanus.

("village of springs".) Here the northern boundary terminated (Numbers 34:9-10), and the eastern boundary began. Identified with Ayun ed Dara, a fountain in the midst of the central chain of Antilibanus; in Van de Velde's map, latitude 33 degrees 49', longitude 36 degrees 12'. Ruins mark the spot. Thus, the E. and W. declivities of the northern part of the Antilibanus range, excluding the Damascus plain and its contiguous valleys, were included in the borders of the promised land (Speaker's Commentary, Numbers 34:9).