Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Chesalon?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Kesla.

First appears in Joshua 15:10 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Strength; confidence, a place on the border of Judah, on the side of Mount Jearim (Josh. 15:10); probably identified with the modern village of Kesla, on the western mountains of Judah.

Chesalon is represented in the local geography layer as Kesla. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:10 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 17 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 17 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 17 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 39 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 48 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Chesalon today

Travel to Chesalon, the modern-day Kesla.

Chesalon is commonly identified with Kesla, 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.

Chesalon 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

Kesla

31.781°N · 35.051°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention