Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Golan?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Saham al Jawlan.

First appears in Deuteronomy 4:43 · 3 books · 4 chapters

Overview

Exile, a city of Bashan (Deut. 4:43), one of the three cities of refuge east of Jordan, about 12 miles north-east of the Sea of Galilee (Josh. 20:8). There are no further notices of it in Scripture. Modern identification: Saham al Jawlan.

Golan is represented in the local geography layer as Saham al Jawlan. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Deuteronomy 4:43 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions

Deuteronomy

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention