Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Abdon?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Avdon.

First appears in Joshua 21:30 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Avdon.

Abdon is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Avdon. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 21:30 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Canaan

About 35 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 40 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 86 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 118 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Abdon today

Travel to Abdon, the modern-day Tel Avdon.

Abdon is commonly identified with Tel Avdon, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Abdon is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tel Avdon

33.048°N · 35.162°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention