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Biblical place

Where was Senaah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet el Aujah el Foqa.

First appears in Ezra 2:35 · 2 books · 3 chapters

Overview

Thorny, a place many of the inhabitants of which returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:35; Neh. 7:38). Modern identification: Khirbet el Aujah el Foqa.

Senaah is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet el Aujah el Foqa. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Ezra 2:35 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Senaah today

Travel to Senaah, the modern-day Khirbet el Aujah el Foqa.

Senaah is commonly identified with Khirbet el Aujah el Foqa, 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.

Senaah 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 el Aujah el Foqa

not a place

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Key passages

Appears in

Nehemiah

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Ezra

1 chapter · 1 verse mention