Biblical place

Where was Jericho?

Border city of entry, conquest, memory, and one of the Bible’s most famous ancient urban sites.

First appears in Numbers 22:1 · 13 books · 39 chapters

Overview

Jericho is a major biblical city near the Jordan, remembered for Israel’s entrance into the land and for later narratives in both the Old and New Testaments.

Jericho is represented in the local geography layer as Tell es Sultan. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 22:1 and is mentioned across 13 books, with 63 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jordan

About 16 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 29 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 51 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Jericho today

Travel to Jericho, the modern-day Tell es Sultan.

The biblical city is usually approached today through the Jericho area of the Jordan Valley, with Tell es-Sultan representing the archaeological mound most often tied to the ancient site.

Jericho 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 Sultan

31.872°N · 35.445°E

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