Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Giloh?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet Rabud.

First appears in Joshua 15:51 · 2 books · 3 chapters

Overview

Exile, a city in the south-west part of the hill-country of Judah (Josh. 15:51). It was the native place or residence of the traitor Ahithophel “the Gilonite”. Modern identification: Khirbet Rabud.

Giloh is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet Rabud. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:51 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 35 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 44 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 44 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 63 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 64 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Giloh today

Travel to Giloh, the modern-day Khirbet Rabud.

Giloh is commonly identified with Khirbet Rabud, 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.

Giloh 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 Rabud

within 6 km of Khirbet Rabud

31.432°N · 35.015°E

Key passages

Appears in

2 Samuel

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention