Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Ai?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Et Tell.

First appears in Ezra 2:28 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Et Tell.

Ai is represented in the local geography layer as Et Tell. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Ezra 2:28 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 16 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 16 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 18 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 24 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 33 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ai today

Travel to Ai, the modern-day Et Tell.

Ai is commonly identified with Et Tell, 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.

Ai 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

Et Tell

31.917°N · 35.261°E

Key passages

Appears in

Ezra

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Nehemiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention