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Bible Encyclopedias
North; North Country
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
While the site of Nineveh was Northeast of Jerusalem, and that of Babylon almost due East, it was not unnatural for them to be referred to as "the north," because the direct desert routes were impracticable, and the roads led first into Northern Syria and then eastward (compare however Genesis 29:1 , "Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east").
In Ezekiel 38:6 , we have, "Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north." It is uncertain what country is here referred to. Some have supposed Armenia (compare Genesis 10:3; 1 Chronicles 1:6; Ezekiel 27:14 ).
The north border of the promised land, as outlined in Numbers 34:7-9 and Ezekiel 47:15-17 , cannot be determined with certainty, because some of the towns named cannot be identified, but it was approximately the latitude of Mt. Hermon, not including Lebanon or Damascus. For North (
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'North; North Country'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​n/north-north-country.html. 1915.