Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Mearah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jezzine.

First appears in Joshua 13:4 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

A cave, a place in the northern boundary of Palestine (Josh. 13:4). This may be the cave of Jezzin in Lebanon, 10 miles east of Sidon, on the Damascus road; or probably, as others think, Mogheirizeh, north-east of Sidon. Modern identification: Jezzine.

Mearah is represented in the local geography layer as Jezzine. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 13:4 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 67 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 87 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 89 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 97 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 145 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Mearah today

Travel to Mearah, the modern-day Jezzine.

Mearah is commonly identified with Jezzine, 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.

Mearah 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

Jezzine

33.540°N · 35.584°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention