Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Hezron?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Ain el Qudeirat.

First appears in Joshua 15:3 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Enclosed. (1. ) One of the sons of Reuben (Gen. 46:9; Ex. 6:14). (2. ) The older of the two sons of Pharez (Gen. 46:12). (3. ) A plain in the south of Judah, west of Kadesh-barnea (Josh. 15:3). Modern identification: Ain el Qudeirat.

Hezron is represented in the local geography layer as Ain el Qudeirat. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:3 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

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Bethlehem

About 139 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 147 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 147 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 164 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 167 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Hezron today

Travel to Hezron, the modern-day Ain el Qudeirat.

Hezron is commonly identified with Ain el Qudeirat, 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.

Hezron 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

Ain el Qudeirat

within 10 km of Ain el Qudeirat

30.648°N · 34.422°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention