Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Cun?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Ras Baalbek.

First appears in 1 Chronicles 18:8 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Ras Baalbek.

Cun is represented in the local geography layer as Ras Baalbek. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 1 Chronicles 18:8 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 84 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 186 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 194 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 202 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 248 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Cun today

Travel to Cun, the modern-day Ras Baalbek.

Cun is commonly identified with Ras Baalbek, 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.

Cun 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

Ras Baalbek

34.260°N · 36.424°E

Key passages

Appears in

1 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention