Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Aijalon?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel el Butmeh.

First appears in Judges 12:12 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel el Butmeh.

Aijalon is represented in the local geography layer as Tel el Butmeh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Judges 12:12 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Canaan

About 6 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 12 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 21 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 61 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 106 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Aijalon today

Travel to Aijalon, the modern-day Tel el Butmeh.

Aijalon is commonly identified with Tel el Butmeh, 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.

Aijalon 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 el Butmeh

32.814°N · 35.309°E

Key passages

Appears in

Judges

1 chapter · 1 verse mention