Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Atharim?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with road between Kadesh-barnea and Arad.

First appears in Numbers 21:1 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical road. Modern identification: road between Kadesh-barnea and Arad.

Atharim is represented in the local geography layer as road between Kadesh-barnea and Arad. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 21:1 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 100 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 109 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 109 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 123 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 127 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Atharim today

Travel to Atharim, the modern-day road between Kadesh-barnea and Arad.

Atharim is commonly identified with road between Kadesh-barnea and Arad, 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.

Atharim 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

road between Kadesh-barnea and Arad

30.879°N · 34.780°E

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

1 chapter · 1 verse mention