Capernaum
settlement
Where it is
2 locations have been proposed, 4 km apart at the extremes. This atlas draws the first; the others are recorded here because the disagreement is real and is not ours to settle.
- Tell Hum32.8811, 35.5750
- Khirbet Minyeh32.8647, 35.5361
Where Scripture names it
18 verses in 4 books.
Where this atlas draws it
10 pins across 10 chapters — this atlas’s own editorial choice, not a claim about the text.
- Capernaummatched decided — Matthew 4:13 - "Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali," After the wilderness temptation the ministry settles at Capernaum by the sea (4:13) and spreads through Galilee.