Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Maarath?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet Qufin.

First appears in Joshua 15:59 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Desolation, a place in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:59), probably the modern village Beit Ummar, 6 miles north of Hebron. Modern identification: Khirbet Qufin.

Maarath is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet Qufin. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:59 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention