Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Elkosh?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with El Kauzeh.

First appears in Nahum 1:1 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: El Kauzeh.

Elkosh is represented in the local geography layer as El Kauzeh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Nahum 1:1 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Canaan

About 39 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 44 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 95 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 100 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

Open interactive map »

How to get to Elkosh today

Travel to Elkosh, the modern-day El Kauzeh.

Elkosh is commonly identified with El Kauzeh, 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.

Elkosh 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

El Kauzeh

33.121°N · 35.338°E

Key passages

Appears in

Nahum

1 chapter · 1 verse mention