Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Jagur?

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

First appears in Joshua 15:21 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Place of sojourn, a city on the southern border of Judah (Josh. 15:21). Modern identification: Tel Ira.

Jagur is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Ira. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:21 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 56 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 65 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 65 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 80 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 83 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Jagur today

Travel to Jagur, the modern-day Tel Ira.

Jagur is commonly identified with Tel Ira, 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.

Jagur 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 Ira

31.233°N · 34.987°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention