Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Gimzo?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jimzu.

First appears in 2 Chronicles 28:18 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

A place fertile in sycamores, a city in the plain of Judah, the villages of which were seized by the Philistines (2 Chr. 28:18). It is now called Jimzu, about 3 miles south-east of Ludd, i. e., Lydda.

Gimzo is represented in the local geography layer as Jimzu. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Chronicles 28:18 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 32 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 32 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 35 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 45 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Gimzo today

Travel to Gimzo, the modern-day Jimzu.

Gimzo is commonly identified with Jimzu, 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.

Gimzo 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

Jimzu

31.930°N · 34.947°E

Key passages

Appears in

2 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention