Bible Location
Meaning: smoke · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
Ashan was a southern town associated with Judah, Simeon, and Levitical allocations. It is important because it appears in the interlocking territorial lists that show how the south of the land was organized and shared. First appears in Josh 15:42.1
AI summary: Ashan does not drive a major narrative, but it does help clarify how tribal and priestly geography worked. Its references place it within the southern town networks of Judah and Simeon and within the distribution of Levitical cities. That makes it a useful example of the layered way biblical land records overlap rather than a purely isolated entry. The cross references present Ashan as a southern settlement remembered through inheritance and sacred service arrangements.1
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.