Modern locations of places in the Bible:

Horbat Kush

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Also CalledKhirbet el Kushsha, Khirbet el Mansurah
Latitude, Longitude32.698270, 35.551860
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?)202028/233798
Typesettlement
Point Precisionpoint in visible remains
Coordinates Sources
  • Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992): Lakkum (place)
  • Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000): Lakkum
  • GeoNames
  • Palestine Open Maps
  • Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010): Lakkum
General Location Notes
  • Tyndale Bible Dictionary (2001) (Lakkum, Lakum): “three miles southwest of Khirbet Kerak, at the head of Wadi Fejjas
  • Monson, Regions on the Run (2009) (map 5) identifies Lakkum with Horbat Kush
Precise Coordinates NotesAncient Sites in Galilee (2000) (page 334) identifies Tel Ali with Khirbet el Mansurah; however, Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010) (Lakkum) and Palestine Open Maps (Western Palestine 1:63,000) suggest that this point is the one intended; this point is also along the river, as suggested by Tyndale Bible Dictionary (2001) (Lakkum)
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Biblical places associated with Horbat Kush

10-meter-per-pixel satellite Image

satellite view of the region around Horbat Kush
Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019 (modified)