Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Lo-debar?

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

First appears in 2 Samuel 9:4 · 2 books · 3 chapters

Overview

No pasture, (2 Sam. 17:27), a town in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok (9:4, 5). It is probably identical with Debir (Josh. 13:26). Modern identification: Tel Dover.

Lo-debar is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Dover. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Samuel 9:4 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 13 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 29 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 61 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 92 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Lo-debar today

Travel to Lo-debar, the modern-day Tel Dover.

Lo-debar is commonly identified with Tel Dover, 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.

Lo-debar 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 Dover

32.684°N · 35.630°E

Key passages

Appears in

2 Samuel

2 chapters · 3 verse mentions

Amos

1 chapter · 1 verse mention