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Canaan

Also known as Promised Land

Named in 76 verses across 12 books, first in Psalms 105:11.

In these stories

Crossing the Red Sea (and did the Exodus happen?)

Where

Coordinates

31.6935° N, 34.8439° E

One proposed location, not an established one.

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Identification

Uncertain

The exact spot is unknown; the point is placed by a related feature nearby.

The dataset’s editors marked this place as not identifiable with a known site.

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

People

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

Abrahamrecorded as here, 2 events9 shared verses
Lotrecorded as here, 2 events3 shared verses
Sarahrecorded as here, 1 event5 shared verses
Samson2 events
Canaanrecorded as here67 shared verses
Jabin (king of Hazor)1 event3 shared verses
Moab1 event2 shared verses
Benjamin (patriarch)recorded as here
Gideon1 event
Midian1 event
Abimelechson of Gideon1 event
Eli1 event
Jephthah1 event
Barak1 event
Terahrecorded as here
Deborah1 event
Ehudson of Gera1 event
Othniel1 event
Haran (brother of Abraham)recorded as here
Eglon1 event

In the Bible

All 3 verses in Psalms, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Psalms

Psalms 105:11
“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
Psalms 106:38
They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
Psalms 135:11
Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.

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Events here

Events the dataset sets at Canaan. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. 1921 BC
Abraham enters CanaanGenesis 11:31–12:9
c. 1920 BC
Abraham and Lot SeparateGenesis 13:1–18
c. 1418 BC
Subjugation by Cushan-rishathaimJudges 3:7–8
c. 1410 BC
Deliverance by OthnielJudges 2:16–3:11
c. 1378 BC
Subjugation by EglonJudges 3:12–14
c. 1360 BC
Deliverance by EhudJudges 3:15–30
c. 1298 BC
Subjugation by JabinJudges 4:1–3
c. 1278 BC
Deliverance by Barak And DeborahJudges 4:4–5:31
c. 1258 BC
Subjugation by MidianJudges 6:1–10
c. 1251 BC
Deliverance by GideonJudges 6:11–8:28
c. 1218 BC
Usurpation by AbimelechJudges 8:29–9:57
c. 1215 BC
Judgeship of TolaJudges 10:1–2

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Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

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The country which derived its name from the preceding. The name as first used by the Phoenicians denoted only the maritime plain on which Sidon was built. But in the time of Moses and Joshua it denoted the whole country to the west of the Jordan and the Dead Sea (Deut. 11:30). In Josh. 5:12 the LXX. read, “land of the Phoenicians,” instead of “land of Canaan.”

The name signifies “the lowlands,” as distinguished from the land of Gilead on the east of Jordan, which was a mountainous district. The extent and boundaries of Canaan are fully set forth in different parts of Scripture (Gen. 10:19; 17:8; Num. 13:29; 34:8).

In these stories

In the Bible

Psalms

Events here

Dictionary

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