Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Heshmon?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell es Saqati.

First appears in Joshua 15:27 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Fatness, a town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:27). Modern identification: Tell es Saqati.

Heshmon is represented in the local geography layer as Tell es Saqati. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:27 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 52 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 60 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 60 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 80 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 81 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Heshmon today

Travel to Heshmon, the modern-day Tell es Saqati.

Heshmon is commonly identified with Tell es Saqati, 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.

Heshmon 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 es Saqati

within 30 km of Tell es Saqati

31.310°N · 34.908°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention