Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Chebar?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Shatt en Nil.

First appears in Ezekiel 1:1 · 1 books · 4 chapters

Overview

Length, a river in the “land of the Chaldeans” (Ezek. 1:3), on the banks of which were located some of the Jews of the Captivity (Ezek. 1:1; 3:15, 23; 10:15, 20, 22). Modern identification: Shatt en Nil.

Chebar is represented in the local geography layer as Shatt en Nil. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Ezekiel 1:1 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 8 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Babylon

About 89 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Chebar today

Travel to Chebar, the modern-day Shatt en Nil.

Chebar is commonly identified with Shatt en Nil, 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.

Chebar 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

Shatt en Nil

32.127°N · 45.231°E