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Chesil

Ancient site; 6 competing modern identifications, best supported being Khirbet ar Ras.

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 ar Ras · distanceOpen in OpenStreetMap

Khirbet ar Ras103
31.3273, 34.8785distance
Khirbet el Qaryatein52
31.3450, 35.1244distance
Khirbet et Tubeiqa15
31.5894, 35.0942distance
Tell Umm Betin14
31.2802, 34.8771distance
Tell es Saqati11
31.3099, 34.9078tel
Tel Kelekh11
31.4769, 34.8286tel

Name variants

Chesil (6)
Kesil (4)

References

Joshua 15:30

Topical references

A town in the south of Palestine — Joshua 15:30
Probably identical with BETHUL — Joshua 19:4
And BETHUEL — 1 Chronicles 4:30

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