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Biblical place

Where was Kartan?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet el Qureiyeh.

First appears in Joshua 21:32 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Double city, a town of Naphali, assigned to the Gershonite Levites, and one of the cities of refuge (Josh. 21:32). Modern identification: Khirbet el Qureiyeh.

Kartan is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet el Qureiyeh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 21:32 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Canaan

About 40 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 40 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 48 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 90 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 96 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Kartan today

Travel to Kartan, the modern-day Khirbet el Qureiyeh.

Kartan is commonly identified with Khirbet el Qureiyeh, 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.

Kartan 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 el Qureiyeh

33.112°N · 35.462°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention