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Kanah

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The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Kanah. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.A stream forming the boundary between Ephraim and Manasseh, from the Mediterranean…
  2. 2.A town in the north of Asher (Josh.

Reedy; brook of reeds.

  1. Kanah (1)

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    A stream forming the boundary between Ephraim and Manasseh, from the Mediterranean eastward to Tappuah (Josh. 16:8). It has been identified with the sedgy streams that constitute the Wady Talaik, which enters the sea between Joppa and Caesarea. Others identify it with the river’ Aujeh.

  2. Kanah (2)

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    A town in the north of Asher (Josh. 19:28). It has been identified with ‘Ain-Kana, a village on the brow of a valley some 7 miles south-east of Tyre. About a mile north of this place are many colossal ruins strown about. And in the side of a neighbouring ravine are figures of men, women, and children cut in the face of the rock. These are supposed to be of Phoenician origin.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(a place of reeds).

One of the places which formed the landmarks of the boundary of Asher; apparently next to Zidon-rabbah, or “great Zidon.” (Joshua 19:28) The river, a stream falling into the Mediterranean, which formed the division between the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh, the former on the sought, the latter on the north. (Joshua 16:8; 17:9)

In the Bible

3

Verses where Kanah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Joshua 16:8

    From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,

  • Joshua 17:9

    From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.

  • Joshua 19:28

    It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.

Scripture on Kanah

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Kanah references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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