Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Janoah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet Yanun.

First appears in Joshua 16:6 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Or Jano’hah, rest. (1. ) A town on the north-eastern border of Ephraim, in the Jordan valley (Josh. 16:6, 7). Identified with the modern Yanun, 8 miles south-east of Nablus. Modern identification: Khirbet Yanun.

Janoah is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet Yanun. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 16:6 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Samaria

About 20 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 33 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 44 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 44 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 Janoah today

Travel to Janoah, the modern-day Khirbet Yanun.

Janoah is commonly identified with Khirbet Yanun, 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.

Janoah 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

Khirbet Yanun

32.158°N · 35.361°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions