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Biblical place

Where was Gob?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Gezer.

First appears in 2 Samuel 21:18 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

A pit, a place mentioned in 2 Sam. 21:18, 19; called also Gezer, in 1 Chr. 20:4. Modern identification: Tel Gezer.

Gob is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Gezer. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Samuel 21:18 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 32 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 50 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 53 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Gob today

Travel to Gob, the modern-day Tel Gezer.

Gob is commonly identified with Tel Gezer, 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.

Gob 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

Tel Gezer

31.859°N · 34.919°E

Key passages

Appears in

2 Samuel

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions