Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Beth-tappuah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Taffuh.

First appears in Joshua 15:53 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

House of apples, a town of Judah, now Tuffuh, 5 miles west of Hebron (Josh. 15:53). Modern identification: Taffuh.

Beth-tappuah is represented in the local geography layer as Taffuh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:53 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 24 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 32 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 32 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 53 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 54 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Beth-tappuah today

Travel to Beth-tappuah, the modern-day Taffuh.

Beth-tappuah is commonly identified with Taffuh, 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.

Beth-tappuah 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

Taffuh

31.539°N · 35.046°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention