Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Amana?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jebel Zabadani.

First appears in Song of Solomon 4:8 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Perennial. (1. ) The Hebrew margin of 2 Kings 5:12 gives this as another reading of Abana (q. v. ), a stream near Damascus. (2. ) A mountain. Modern identification: Jebel Zabadani.

Amana is represented in the local geography layer as Jebel Zabadani. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Song of Solomon 4:8 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 32 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 113 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 121 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 129 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 175 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Amana today

Travel to Amana, the modern-day Jebel Zabadani.

Amana is commonly identified with Jebel Zabadani, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Amana is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Jebel Zabadani

33.689°N · 36.032°E

Key passages

Appears in

Song of Solomon

1 chapter · 1 verse mention