Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Gibbethon?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell Melat.

First appears in Joshua 19:44 · 2 books · 4 chapters

Overview

A height, a city of the Philistines in the territory of Dan, given to the Kohathites (Josh. 19:44; 21:23). Modern identification: Tell Melat.

Gibbethon is represented in the local geography layer as Tell Melat. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 19:44 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 5 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 36 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 55 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 56 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Gibbethon today

Travel to Gibbethon, the modern-day Tell Melat.

Gibbethon is commonly identified with Tell Melat, 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.

Gibbethon 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

Tell Melat

31.856°N · 34.866°E

Key passages

Appears in

1 Kings

2 chapters · 3 verse mentions

Joshua

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions