Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was En-gannim?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet Umm Jina.

First appears in Joshua 15:34 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Fountain of gardens. (1. ) A town in the plains of Judah (Josh. 15:34), north-west of Jerusalem, between Zanoah and Tappuah. It is the modern Umm Jina. (2. ) A city on the border of Machar. Modern identification: Khirbet Umm Jina.

En-gannim is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet Umm Jina. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:34 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 24 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 26 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 26 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 56 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to En-gannim today

Travel to En-gannim, the modern-day Khirbet Umm Jina.

En-gannim is commonly identified with Khirbet Umm Jina, 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-gannim 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 Umm Jina

31.748°N · 34.964°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention