16. Hamath--As Israel was a separate people, so their land was a
separate land. On no scene could the sacred history have been so well
transacted as on it. On the east was the sandy desert. On the north and
south, mountains. On the west, an inhospitable sea-shore. But it was
not always to be a separate land. Between the parallel ranges of
Lebanon is the long valley of El-Bekaa, leading to "the entering in of
Hamath" on the Orontes, in the Syrian frontier. Roman roads, and the
harbor made at Cæsarea, opened out doors through which the Gospel
should go from it to all lands. So in the last days, when all shall
flock to Jerusalem as the religious center of the world.
Berothah--a city in Syria conquered by David
(2Sa 8:8);
meaning "wells."
Hazar-hatticon--meaning "the middle village."
Hauran--a tract in Syria, south of Damascus; Auranitis.
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