Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
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 were 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, north of the Holy Land. Roman roads, and the harbour made at Cesarea, 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 (2 Samuel 8:8), meaning wells.
Hazar-hatticon - meaning 'the middle village.'
Hauran - a tract in Syria, south of Damascus; Auranitis.