Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was City of Salt?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Qumran.

First appears in Joshua 15:62 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Qumran.

City of Salt is represented in the local geography layer as Qumran. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:62 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jordan

About 10 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 15 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 22 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 22 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 24 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to City of Salt today

Travel to City of Salt, the modern-day Qumran.

City of Salt is commonly identified with Qumran, 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.

City of Salt 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

Qumran

31.741°N · 35.459°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention