Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Naarah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell el Jisr.

First appears in Joshua 16:7 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Girl, a town on the boundary between Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:7), not far probably from Jericho, to the north (1 Chr. 7:28). Modern identification: Tell el Jisr.

Naarah is represented in the local geography layer as Tell el Jisr. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 16:7 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jericho

About 3 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 19 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 22 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 22 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 29 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Naarah today

Travel to Naarah, the modern-day Tell el Jisr.

Naarah is commonly identified with Tell el Jisr, 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.

Naarah 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 el Jisr

31.893°N · 35.425°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention