Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Gihon?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Gihon Spring.

First appears in 1 Kings 1:33 · 2 books · 3 chapters

Overview

A stream. (1. ) One of the four rivers of Eden (Gen. 2:13). It has been identified with the Nile. Others regard it as the Oxus, or the Araxes, or the Ganges. Modern identification: Gihon Spring.

Gihon is represented in the local geography layer as Gihon Spring. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 1 Kings 1:33 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 6 verse references collected into the glossary index.

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About 0 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 8 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 30 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Gihon today

Travel to Gihon, the modern-day Gihon Spring.

Gihon is commonly identified with Gihon Spring, 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.

Gihon 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

Gihon Spring

31.773°N · 35.236°E

Key passages

Appears in

1 Kings

1 chapter · 4 verse mentions

2 Chronicles

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions