Karkaa
Encyclopedia
Karkaa was a city or place mentioned in the Bible
near Adar
and Azmon
, about midway between the Mediterranean Sea
and the Dead Sea
. The place is mentioned only once as one of the landmarks on the south boundary of the tribe of Judah
and its present location is unknown..
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
near Adar
Adar
Adar is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a winter month of 29 days...
and Azmon
Azmon
Azmon is an unidentified site marking the western portion of the southern frontier of Judah before the point where ‘it went out at the brook of Egypt’. It is mentioned in the Biblical books of Numbers 34:4-5 and Joshua 15:4....
, about midway between the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
and the Dead Sea
Dead Sea
The Dead Sea , also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. Its surface and shores are below sea level, the lowest elevation on the Earth's surface. The Dead Sea is deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world...
. The place is mentioned only once as one of the landmarks on the south boundary of the tribe of Judah
Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Judah was one of the Tribes of Israel.Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes....
and its present location is unknown..