Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
The name of a country (Zech. 9:1) which cannot be identified. Rawlinson would identify it with Edessa. He mentions that in the Assyrian inscriptions it is recorded that “Shalmanezer III. C. 772; and again that Asshurdanin-il II.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(dwelling), a country of Syria, mentioned once only, by the prophet Zechariah. (Zechariah 9:1) The addition of the district, with its borders, is here generally stated; but the name itself seems to have wholly disappeared. It still remains unknown.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
point; joy of tenderness
Schaff's Bible Dictionary
HA'DRACH, LAND OF (perhaps enclosure), a country of Syria, Zech 9:1-2, and conjectured to be the region about Damascus, including, perhaps, all of Coelo-Syria; or it may refer to the region around Hamath.
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