Biblical place

Where was Hebron?

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

First appears in Genesis 13:18 · 10 books · 27 chapters

Overview

A community; alliance. (1. ) A city in the south end of the valley of Eshcol, about midway between Jerusalem and Beersheba, from which it is distant about 20 miles in a straight line. Modern identification: Tel Rumeida.

Hebron is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Rumeida. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 13:18 and is mentioned across 10 books, with 62 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 22 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 50 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 51 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Hebron today

Travel to Hebron, the modern-day Tel Rumeida.

Hebron is commonly identified with Tel Rumeida, 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.

Hebron 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 Rumeida

31.525°N · 35.102°E

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