Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Hazar-shual?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Beer Sheva.

First appears in Joshua 15:28 · 3 books · 4 chapters

Overview

Village or enclosure of the jackal, a city on the south border of Judah (Josh. 15:28; Neh. 11:27). It has been identified with the ruins of Saweh, half-way between Beersheba and Moladah. Modern identification: Tel Beer Sheva.

Hazar-shual is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Beer Sheva. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:28 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 62 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 70 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 70 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 89 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 90 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Hazar-shual today

Travel to Hazar-shual, the modern-day Tel Beer Sheva.

Hazar-shual is commonly identified with Tel Beer Sheva, 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.

Hazar-shual 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 Beer Sheva

within 10 km of Tel Beer Sheva

31.245°N · 34.841°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

1 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Nehemiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention