Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Aner?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell Ta’anakh.

First appears in 1 Chronicles 6:70 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

A boy. (1. ) A Canaanitish chief who joined his forces with those of Abraham in pursuit of Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:13, 24). (2. ) A city of Manasseh given to the Levites of Kohath’s family (1 Chr. 6:70). Modern identification: Tell Ta’anakh.

Aner is represented in the local geography layer as Tell Ta’anakh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 1 Chronicles 6:70 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Nazareth

About 21 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 27 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 29 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 39 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 75 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Aner today

Travel to Aner, the modern-day Tell Ta’anakh.

Aner is commonly identified with Tell Ta’anakh, 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.

Aner 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

Tell Ta’anakh

32.522°N · 35.219°E

Key passages

Appears in

1 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention