Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Chezib?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel el Beida.

First appears in Genesis 38:5 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel el Beida.

Chezib is represented in the local geography layer as Tel el Beida. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 38:5 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 25 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 53 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 59 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Chezib today

Travel to Chezib, the modern-day Tel el Beida.

Chezib is commonly identified with Tel el Beida, 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.

Chezib 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

Tel el Beida

31.642°N · 34.953°E

Key passages

Appears in

Genesis

1 chapter · 1 verse mention