Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Mareal?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell Thorah.

First appears in Joshua 19:11 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Trembling, a place on the southern boundary of Zebulun (Josh. 19:11). It has been identified with the modern M’alul, about 4 miles south-west of Nazareth. Modern identification: Tell Thorah.

Mareal is represented in the local geography layer as Tell Thorah. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 19:11 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Nazareth

About 13 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 20 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 36 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 42 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 91 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Mareal today

Travel to Mareal, the modern-day Tell Thorah.

Mareal is commonly identified with Tell Thorah, 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.

Mareal 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 Thorah

32.654°N · 35.169°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention