Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Karnaim?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Al Shaykh Saad.

First appears in Amos 6:13 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Al Shaykh Saad.

Karnaim is represented in the local geography layer as Al Shaykh Saad. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Amos 6:13 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 48 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 66 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 71 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 79 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 100 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Karnaim today

Travel to Karnaim, the modern-day Al Shaykh Saad.

Karnaim is commonly identified with Al Shaykh Saad, 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.

Karnaim 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

Al Shaykh Saad

32.836°N · 36.035°E

Key passages

Appears in

Amos

1 chapter · 1 verse mention