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.
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Where it sits on the map
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.
Key passages
Appears in
1 chapter · 1 verse mention