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    Ashan

    עָשָׁן

    Ashan, a city assigned to the tribes of Judah and Simeon, later given to the Levites.

    Where the story of Ashan happensWhere the gazetteer locates Ashan, framed to them: Ashan. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Ashan
    Where the gazetteer locates Ashan
    verses
    4
    first named
    Joshua 15:42
    last named
    1 Chronicles 4:32
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.28°N · 34.80°E
    settlement31.28°N · 34.80°E

    Khirbet Asan (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 4 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Ashan in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Ashan was a city located in the Shephelah, or the lowlands, of Judah. It is mentioned in the Bible as part of the territorial allotments given to the tribes of Judah and Simeon after the conquest of Canaan.

    In Joshua 15:42, Ashan is listed among the cities in the Shephelah region that were allocated to Judah. However, in Joshua 19:7 and 1Ch.4.32, Ashan is included in the list of cities given to the tribe of Simeon within Judah's inheritance.

    Later, in 1Ch.6.59, Ashan is mentioned as one of the cities given to the Levites, specifically to the descendants of Aaron, along with its pasturelands. This suggests that Ashan was designated as a Levitical city, where the priests and Levites resided and served in their sacred duties.

    The exact location of Ashan is uncertain, but it is generally believed to be situated in the northwestern part of the Judean Shephelah, possibly near the city of Libnah. Some scholars propose identifying Ashan with the modern site of Khirbet Hasan, approximately 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Lachish.

    The biblical references to Ashan highlight its inclusion in the territorial distribution of the Promised Land among the tribes of Israel. Its assignment to both Judah and Simeon and its subsequent designation as a Levitical city underscore the complex process of land allocation and the provision for the Levites within the inherited territories.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 3 more, ordered by how many events they share.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 2 books.

    1. Joshua2 verses

      15:4219:7

    2. 1 Chronicles2 verses

      4:326:59

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Shimei Clan’s livingAinA city in Judah, allotted to the Levites.via Shimei Clan’s livingBaalath-beerTown in the Negev, allotted to Simeon.via Shimei Clan’s livingBeershebaImportant city in southern Israel, associated with the patriarchs.via Shimei Clan’s livingBeth-biriTown in Simeon, formerly called Bethul.via Shimei Clan’s livingDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christvia Shimei Clan’s livingEtamVillages associated with Simeon; home of Judahite clanvia Shimei Clan’s livingHazar-shualTown allotted to Judah and Simeonvia Shimei Clan’s livingHazar-susimA town allotted to the tribe of Simeon.via Shimei Clan’s livingLivingLiving is a concept gathering 54 labelled instances in the text.

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