Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Hepher?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell el Muhaffar.

First appears in Joshua 12:17 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell el Muhaffar.

Hepher is represented in the local geography layer as Tell el Muhaffar. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 12:17 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Samaria

About 19 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 30 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 38 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 46 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 67 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Hepher today

Travel to Hepher, the modern-day Tell el Muhaffar.

Hepher is commonly identified with Tell el Muhaffar, 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.

Hepher 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 el Muhaffar

32.443°N · 35.218°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention