Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Karka?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Ain Qoseimeh.

First appears in Joshua 15:3 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

A floor; bottom, a place between Adar and Azmon, about midway between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea (Josh. 15:3). Modern identification: Ain Qoseimeh.

Karka is represented in the local geography layer as Ain Qoseimeh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:3 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 140 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 148 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 148 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 166 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 169 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Karka today

Travel to Karka, the modern-day Ain Qoseimeh.

Karka is commonly identified with Ain Qoseimeh, 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.

Karka 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

Ain Qoseimeh

30.667°N · 34.367°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention