Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Dilean?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Nagila.

First appears in Joshua 15:38 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Nagila.

Dilean is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Nagila. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:38 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 48 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 54 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 54 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 77 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 81 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Dilean today

Travel to Dilean, the modern-day Tel Nagila.

Dilean is commonly identified with Tel Nagila, 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.

Dilean 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 Nagila

31.503°N · 34.758°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention