Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Nephtoah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Lifta.

First appears in Joshua 15:9 · 1 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Opened, a fountain and a stream issuing from it on the border between Judah and Benjamin (Josh. 15:8, 9; 18:15). It has been identified with ‘Ain Lifta, a spring about 2 1/2 miles north-west of Jerusalem.

Nephtoah is represented in the local geography layer as Lifta. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:9 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 4 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 4 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 10 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 25 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 34 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Nephtoah today

Travel to Nephtoah, the modern-day Lifta.

Nephtoah is commonly identified with Lifta, 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.

Nephtoah 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

Lifta

31.794°N · 35.197°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions