Biblical place

Where was Golan?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Saham al Jawlan.

First appears in Deuteronomy 4:43 · 3 books · 4 chapters

Overview

Exile, a city of Bashan (Deut. 4:43), one of the three cities of refuge east of Jordan, about 12 miles north-east of the Sea of Galilee (Josh. 20:8). There are no further notices of it in Scripture. Modern identification: Saham al Jawlan.

Golan is represented in the local geography layer as Saham al Jawlan. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Deuteronomy 4:43 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 38 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 56 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 60 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 88 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 89 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Golan today

Travel to Golan, the modern-day Saham al Jawlan.

Golan is commonly identified with Saham al Jawlan, 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.

Golan 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

Saham al Jawlan

32.781°N · 35.935°E

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