Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Sansannah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet esh Shamsaniyat.

First appears in Joshua 15:31 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

A palm branch, or a thorn bush, a town in the south (the negeb) of Judah (Josh. 15:31); called also Hazarsusah (19:5), or Hazar-susim (1 Chr. 4:31). Modern identification: Khirbet esh Shamsaniyat.

Sansannah is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet esh Shamsaniyat. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:31 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

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Bethlehem

About 49 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 57 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 57 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 78 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 78 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Sansannah today

Travel to Sansannah, the modern-day Khirbet esh Shamsaniyat.

Sansannah is commonly identified with Khirbet esh Shamsaniyat, 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.

Sansannah 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 esh Shamsaniyat

31.345°N · 34.901°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention