Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Beeshterah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell Ashtara.

First appears in Joshua 21:27 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Ashtara.

Beeshterah is represented in the local geography layer as Tell Ashtara. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 21:27 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 46 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 64 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 68 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 83 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 97 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Beeshterah today

Travel to Beeshterah, the modern-day Tell Ashtara.

Beeshterah is commonly identified with Tell Ashtara, 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.

Beeshterah 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

Tell Ashtara

32.804°N · 36.016°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention