Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Hadrach?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell Afis.

First appears in Zechariah 9:1 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

The name of a country (Zech. 9:1) which cannot be identified. Rawlinson would identify it with Edessa. He mentions that in the Assyrian inscriptions it is recorded that. Modern identification: Tell Afis.

Hadrach is represented in the local geography layer as Tell Afis. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Zechariah 9:1 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 270 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 369 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 374 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 382 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 430 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Hadrach today

Travel to Hadrach, the modern-day Tell Afis.

Hadrach is commonly identified with Tell Afis, 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.

Hadrach 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

Tell Afis

35.905°N · 36.799°E

Key passages

Appears in

Zechariah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention