Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Debir?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Umm ed Debar.

First appears in Joshua 13:26 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

No pasture, (2 Sam. 17:27), a town in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok (9:4, 5). It is probably identical with Debir (Josh. 13:26). Modern identification: Umm ed Debar.

Debir is represented in the local geography layer as Umm ed Debar. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 13:26 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 13 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 29 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 61 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 92 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Debir today

Travel to Debir, the modern-day Umm ed Debar.

Debir is commonly identified with Umm ed Debar, 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.

Debir 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

Umm ed Debar

Tel Dover

32.684°N · 35.630°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention