Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Anathoth?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Ras el Kharruba.

First appears in Joshua 21:18 · 8 books · 15 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Ras el Kharruba.

Anathoth is represented in the local geography layer as Ras el Kharruba. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 21:18 and is mentioned across 8 books, with 18 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 4 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 4 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 12 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 19 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 29 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Anathoth today

Travel to Anathoth, the modern-day Ras el Kharruba.

Anathoth is commonly identified with Ras el Kharruba, 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.

Anathoth 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

Ras el Kharruba

31.808°N · 35.258°E

Key passages

Appears in

Jeremiah

4 chapters · 7 verse mentions

1 Chronicles

4 chapters · 4 verse mentions

Nehemiah

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Ezra

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention