Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Kishion?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell Qisyon.

First appears in Joshua 19:20 · 1 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Hardness, a city of Issachar assigned to the Gershonite Levites (Josh. 19:20), the same as Kishon (21:28). Modern identification: Tell Qisyon.

Kishion is represented in the local geography layer as Tell Qisyon. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 19:20 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Nazareth

About 10 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 13 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 17 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 88 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Kishion today

Travel to Kishion, the modern-day Tell Qisyon.

Kishion is commonly identified with Tell Qisyon, 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.

Kishion 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

Tell Qisyon

32.661°N · 35.393°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions