While many hold the ancient site to be in Upper Galilee, near the Lebanese border, Israeli archaeologist, Yohanan Aharoni, held the view that it lay in Lower Galilee, near the Valley of Jezreel, at a site which bears the same name (now Khirbet Qadish).
Sementara banyak menahan situs kuno berada di Galilea Atas, dekat perbatasan Lebanon, arkeolog Israel, Yohanan Aharoni, memegang pandangan bahwa tempat itu terletak di Lower Galilee, dekat Lembah Yizreel, di sebuah situs yang menyandang nama yang sama (sekarang Khirbet Qadish).