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Chephar-ammoni

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

Placesettlementspecial1 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 Kafr Ana · distanceOpen in OpenStreetMap

Khirbet Kafr Ana252
31.9661, 35.2476distance
Khirbet Bir Zeit34
31.9653, 35.1909distance
El Muneitrah34
31.9608, 35.2263distance
Yabrud34
31.9770, 35.2428settlement

Name variants

Chephar-ammoni (4)
Kephar Ammoni (3)
Chephar Haammoni (1)
Chephar-haammonai (1)
Kephar-ammoni (1)

References

Joshua 18:24

Topical references

A town of Benjamin — Joshua 18:2; Joshua 18:4

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