Biblical place

Where was Lower Beth-horon?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Beit Ur al Tahta.

First appears in Joshua 16:3 · 4 books · 5 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Beit Ur al Tahta.

Lower Beth-horon is represented in the local geography layer as Beit Ur al Tahta. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 16:3 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 5 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 19 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 19 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 24 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 34 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 44 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Lower Beth-horon today

Travel to Lower Beth-horon, the modern-day Beit Ur al Tahta.

Lower Beth-horon is commonly identified with Beit Ur al Tahta, 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.

Lower Beth-horon 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

Beit Ur al Tahta

31.895°N · 35.084°E

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