Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Akrabbim?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Ma’ale Akrabbim.

First appears in Numbers 34:4 · 3 books · 3 chapters

Overview

Biblical mountain pass. Modern identification: Ma’ale Akrabbim.

Akrabbim is represented in the local geography layer as Ma’ale Akrabbim. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 34:4 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 89 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 97 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 97 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 103 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 111 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Akrabbim today

Travel to Akrabbim, the modern-day Ma’ale Akrabbim.

Akrabbim is commonly identified with Ma’ale Akrabbim, 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.

Akrabbim 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

Ma’ale Akrabbim

30.907°N · 35.131°E

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Judges

1 chapter · 1 verse mention