Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Balah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tulul el Medbah.

First appears in Joshua 19:3 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tulul el Medbah.

Balah is represented in the local geography layer as Tulul el Medbah. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 19:3 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 69 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 77 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 77 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 92 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 96 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Balah today

Travel to Balah, the modern-day Tulul el Medbah.

Balah is commonly identified with Tulul el Medbah, 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.

Balah 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

Tulul el Medbah

31.142°N · 34.912°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention