Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Ashkelon?

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

First appears in Joshua 13:3 · 8 books · 10 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Ashkelon.

Ashkelon is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Ashkelon. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 13:3 and is mentioned across 8 books, with 12 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 63 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 66 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 66 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 88 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 92 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ashkelon today

Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.

Ashkelon is approached here as a present-day map point rather than a speculative route guide. Use the coordinates and outbound map links to place the site inside its wider landscape.

Ashkelon 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 Ashkelon

31.664°N · 34.546°E

Key passages

Appears in

Jeremiah

2 chapters · 3 verse mentions

Judges

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Zephaniah

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Amos

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Zechariah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention