Biblical place

Where was Moladah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet el Waten.

First appears in Joshua 15:26 · 3 books · 4 chapters

Overview

Birth, a city in the south of Judah which fell to Simeon (Josh. 15:21-26; 19:2). It has been identified with the modern el-Milh, 10 miles east of Beersheba. Modern identification: Khirbet el Waten.

Moladah is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet el Waten. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:26 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

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Bethlehem

About 57 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 65 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 65 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 82 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 84 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Moladah today

Travel to Moladah, the modern-day Khirbet el Waten.

Moladah is commonly identified with Khirbet el Waten, 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.

Moladah 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 el Waten

31.257°N · 34.921°E

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