Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was En-dor?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet es Safsafa.

First appears in Joshua 17:11 · 3 books · 3 chapters

Overview

Fountain of Dor; i. e., “of the age”, a place in the territory of Issachar (Josh. 17:11) near the scene of the great victory which was gained by Deborah and Barak over Sisera and Jabin (comp. Ps. 83:9, 10). Modern identification: Khirbet es Safsafa.

En-dor is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet es Safsafa. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 17:11 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Nazareth

About 11 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 15 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 18 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 45 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 86 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to En-dor today

Travel to En-dor, the modern-day Khirbet es Safsafa.

En-dor is commonly identified with Khirbet es Safsafa, 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.

En-dor 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 es Safsafa

32.644°N · 35.390°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Psalms

1 chapter · 1 verse mention