Zaanaim

Town · also Zaanannim

Location disputed Hanot Taggarim: about 110 km (65 miles) north of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Hanot Taggarim Possible
  • Khirbet Bessum Possible
  • Lejjun Possible
  • Shajarat el Kalb Less likely

Zaanaim in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 2 Verses

  • Joshua 19:33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
  • Judges 4:11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

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