Hethlon

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Hethlon: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a town just north of Mt. Lebanon (ZD)

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a fearful dwelling

Google Maps: Hethlon (34° 44´, 36° 20´)

Hebrew

Strongs #02855: Nltx Chethlon

Hethlon = "hiding place"

1) a place on the northern border of Palestine; site unknown

2855 Chethlon kheth-lone'

from 2853; enswathed; Chethlon, a place in
Palestine:-Hethlon.
see HEBREW for 02853

Hethlon [EBD]

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 (q.v.), or the "entrance of Hamath."

Hethlon [NAVE]

HETHLON, a place on the northern frontier of Palestine, Ezek. 47:15; 48:1.

HETHLON [SMITH]

(hiding-place), the name of a place on the northern border of Palestine. (Ezekiel 47:15; 48:1) In all probability the "way of Hethlon" is the pass at the northern end of Lebanon, and is thus identical with "the entrance of Hamath" in (Numbers 34:8) etc.

HETHLON [ISBE]

HETHLON - heth'-lon (chethlon; Peshitta chethron): Name of a place associated with Zedad on the ideal northern boundary of Israel, as given in Ezek 47:15 and 48:1, but not named in 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