Bible Strands
Ezekiel 47:16
Berothah, and Sibraim (which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Ezekiel addresses the exiled community while detailing the divinely specified northern boundary of the restored land.
The words — The text uses בֵּין (bein), literally "between," and גּבול (gevul), meaning "territory" or "border," to fix Sibraim’s location relative to Damascus and Hamath.
The thread — This marker recalls Numbers 13:21, which notes the scout expedition reaching Lebo-hamath, and 2 Samuel 8:8, which lists Berothah among David’s bronze acquisitions, while Ezekiel 48:1 extends the boundary description to the tribe of Dan.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to recognize the vision’s reliance on exact territorial demarcation, treating the listed cities as fixed geographical anchors rather than symbolic placeholders.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar–hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
Cross-references
- Numbers 13:21 So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
- 2 Samuel 8:8 And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
- Ezekiel 48:1 “Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side.
- Genesis 14:15 During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
- Zechariah 9:2 and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.
- Numbers 34:8 and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
- 1 Kings 8:65 So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
- 1 Chronicles 18:5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
- Ezekiel 47:17 So the border will run from the Sea to Hazar-enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.
- Amos 6:14 For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”