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Bor-ashan

Ancient site; 4 competing modern identifications, best supported being Khirbet Asan.

Placesettlement1 verselocation disputed

Where was it?

Scholars do not agree. Every proposal recorded by the source is shown with its support score, so you can see the weight of opinion rather than a single answer.

Proposed site: Khirbet Asan · distanceOpen in OpenStreetMap

Khirbet Asan415
31.2814, 34.7974distance
Tell Beit Mirsim144
31.4558, 34.9098tel
Tel Goded84
31.6334, 34.9166tel
Khirbet Muleh28
31.2900, 34.6464distance

Name variants

Bor-ashan (5)
Bor Ashan (3)
Chor-ashan (1)
Chorashan (1)

References

1 Samuel 30:30

Topical references

A town in Judah — 1 Samuel 30:30
Perhaps identical with ASHAN — Joshua 15:42

Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.