Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Janoah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Yanouh.

First appears in 2 Kings 15:29 · 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: Yanouh.

Janoah is represented in the local geography layer as Yanouh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Kings 15:29 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Canaan

About 55 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 59 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 62 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 97 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 110 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 Yanouh.

Janoah is commonly identified with Yanouh, 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

Yanouh

33.260°N · 35.303°E

Key passages

Appears in

2 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention