Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Lachish?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell ed Duweir.

First appears in Joshua 10:3 · 7 books · 14 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell ed Duweir.

Lachish is represented in the local geography layer as Tell ed Duweir. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 10:3 and is mentioned across 7 books, with 22 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 37 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 43 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 43 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 66 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 71 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Lachish today

Travel to Lachish, the modern-day Tell ed Duweir.

Lachish is commonly identified with Tell ed Duweir, 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.

Lachish 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 ed Duweir

31.565°N · 34.849°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

3 chapters · 10 verse mentions

2 Kings

3 chapters · 4 verse mentions

2 Chronicles

3 chapters · 3 verse mentions

Isaiah

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Nehemiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Jeremiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Micah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention