Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Helkath?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Qashish.

First appears in Joshua 19:25 · 1 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Smoothness, a town of Asher, on the east border (Josh. 19:25; 21:31); called also Hukok (1 Chr. 6:75). Modern identification: Tel Qashish.

Helkath is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Qashish. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 19:25 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Nazareth

About 18 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 40 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 46 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 96 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Helkath today

Travel to Helkath, the modern-day Tel Qashish.

Helkath is commonly identified with Tel Qashish, 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.

Helkath 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

Tel Qashish

32.685°N · 35.110°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions