Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Gath-hepher?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Gat Hefer.

First appears in Joshua 19:13 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Wine-press of the well, a town of Lower Galilee, about 5 miles from Nazareth; the birthplace of Jonah (2 Kings 14:25); the same as Gittah-hepher (Josh. 19:13). Modern identification: Tel Gat Hefer.

Gath-hepher is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Gat Hefer. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 19:13 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Canaan

About 3 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 4 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 20 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 53 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 97 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Gath-hepher today

Travel to Gath-hepher, the modern-day Tel Gat Hefer.

Gath-hepher is commonly identified with Tel Gat Hefer, 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.

Gath-hepher 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 Gat Hefer

32.738°N · 35.320°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention