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Biblical place

Where was Gittaim?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Ras Abu Hamid.

First appears in 2 Samuel 4:3 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Two wine-presses, (2 Sam. 4:3; Neh. 11:33), a town probably in Benjamin to which the Beerothites fled. Modern identification: Ras Abu Hamid.

Gittaim is represented in the local geography layer as Ras Abu Hamid. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Samuel 4:3 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 35 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 35 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 37 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 50 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 52 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Gittaim today

Travel to Gittaim, the modern-day Ras Abu Hamid.

Gittaim is commonly identified with Ras Abu Hamid, 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.

Gittaim 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

Ras Abu Hamid

31.903°N · 34.890°E

Key passages

Appears in

2 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Nehemiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention