Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Bahurim?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Ras Tumeim.

First appears in 2 Samuel 3:16 · 3 books · 7 chapters

Overview

Young men, a place east of Jerusalem (2 Sam. 3:16; 19:16), on the road to the Jordan valley. Modern identification: Ras Tumeim.

Bahurim is represented in the local geography layer as Ras Tumeim. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Samuel 3:16 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 7 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 3 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 3 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 11 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 20 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 Bahurim today

Travel to Bahurim, the modern-day Ras Tumeim.

Bahurim is commonly identified with Ras Tumeim, 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.

Bahurim 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 Tumeim

31.791°N · 35.257°E

Key passages

Appears in

2 Samuel

5 chapters · 5 verse mentions

1 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention