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Major city-state and region in northern Syria along the Orontes River; listed among the far-flung lands from which God will gather the exiled remnant in the coming restoration
SyriaHistorically Verified
Still exists as modern Hama, Syria. Ancient Hittite inscriptions were found there, and Assyrian and Egyptian records mention it.
open_in_newAncient Syrian city on the Orontes River marking Israel's northern boundary. Mentioned in Numbers, Kings, and the Prophets, it symbolized the outer limits of the Promised Land and appears in Isaiah and Ezekiel as one of the distant nations from which God will gather his scattered people home.