Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Ekron?

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

First appears in Joshua 13:3 · 8 books · 13 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Miqne.

Ekron is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Miqne. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 13:3 and is mentioned across 8 books, with 20 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 35 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 36 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 36 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 57 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 64 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ekron today

Travel to Ekron, the modern-day Tel Miqne.

Ekron is commonly identified with Tel Miqne, 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.

Ekron 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 Miqne

31.777°N · 34.852°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

3 chapters · 5 verse mentions

1 Samuel

4 chapters · 5 verse mentions

2 Kings

1 chapter · 4 verse mentions

Zechariah

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

Judges

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Jeremiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Amos

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Zephaniah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention