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Biblical place

Where was Chitlish?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet Umm al Baqar.

First appears in Joshua 15:40 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

A man’s wall, a town in the plain of Judah (Josh. 15:40). It has been identified with Jelameh. Modern identification: Khirbet Umm al Baqar.

Chitlish is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet Umm al Baqar. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:40 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 44 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 50 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 50 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 73 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 77 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Chitlish today

Travel to Chitlish, the modern-day Khirbet Umm al Baqar.

Chitlish is commonly identified with Khirbet Umm al Baqar, 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.

Chitlish 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

Khirbet Umm al Baqar

31.530°N · 34.790°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention