Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Maarath?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet Qufin.

First appears in Joshua 15:59 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Desolation, a place in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:59), probably the modern village Beit Ummar, 6 miles north of Hebron. Modern identification: Khirbet Qufin.

Maarath is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet Qufin. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:59 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 13 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 21 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 21 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 42 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 45 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Maarath today

Travel to Maarath, the modern-day Khirbet Qufin.

Maarath is commonly identified with Khirbet Qufin, 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.

Maarath 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

Khirbet Qufin

31.621°N · 35.114°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention