Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Kinah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Horbat Uza.

First appears in Joshua 15:22 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

An elegy, a city in the extreme south of Judah (Josh. 15:22). It was probably not far from the Dead Sea, in the Wady Fikreh. Modern identification: Horbat Uza.

Kinah is represented in the local geography layer as Horbat Uza. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:22 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 55 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 63 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 63 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 72 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 78 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Kinah today

Travel to Kinah, the modern-day Horbat Uza.

Kinah is commonly identified with Horbat Uza, 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.

Kinah 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

Horbat Uza

31.209°N · 35.166°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention