Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Eshan?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet et Taiyiba.

First appears in Joshua 15:52 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

A place in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:52), supposed to be the ruin es-Simia, near Dumah, south of Hebron. Modern identification: Khirbet et Taiyiba.

Eshan is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet et Taiyiba. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:52 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 52 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 55 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Eshan today

Travel to Eshan, the modern-day Khirbet et Taiyiba.

Eshan is commonly identified with Khirbet et Taiyiba, 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.

Eshan 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 et Taiyiba

31.557°N · 35.034°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention