Biblical place

Where was Ijon?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell Dibbine.

First appears in 1 Kings 15:20 · 3 books · 3 chapters

Overview

A ruin, a city of Naphtali, captured by Ben-hadad of Syria at the instance of Asa (1 Kings 15:20). Modern identification: Tell Dibbine.

Ijon is represented in the local geography layer as Tell Dibbine. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 1 Kings 15:20 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.

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Galilee

About 65 km away in the local coordinate layer.

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About 69 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 69 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 77 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 124 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ijon today

Travel to Ijon, the modern-day Tell Dibbine.

Ijon is commonly identified with Tell Dibbine, 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.

Ijon 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 Dibbine

33.345°N · 35.590°E

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