Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Maacah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Abel Beth Maacah.

First appears in Joshua 12:5 · 3 books · 5 chapters

Overview

Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Abel Beth Maacah.

Maacah is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Abel Beth Maacah. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 12:5 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 8 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 56 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 59 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 67 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 73 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 115 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Maacah today

Travel to Maacah, the modern-day Tel Abel Beth Maacah.

Maacah is commonly identified with Tel Abel Beth Maacah, 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.

Maacah 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 Abel Beth Maacah

Maacah

33.258°N · 35.581°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

2 chapters · 3 verse mentions

2 Samuel

2 chapters · 3 verse mentions

1 Chronicles

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions