Kanah


Kanah is a toponym used in two distinct geographical contexts in the Hebrew Bible.

Border river between tribes

Kanah, in the KJV the Brook Kanah, is a stream referred to in the Hebrew Bible forming the boundary between Ephraim and Manasseh, from the Mediterranean Sea eastward to Tappuah.
It has been identified variously with:

Town of Kanah

The Book of Joshua also refers to a town named Kanah in the north of the territory of the tribe of Asher. It has been identified with 'Ain-Kana, a village on the brow of a valley some southeast of Tyre. About a mile north of this place are many colossal ruins strewn about, and in the side of a neighbouring ravine are figures of men, women, and children cut in the face of the rock and supposed to be of Phoenician origin.