Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Ophni?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jifna.

First appears in Joshua 18:24 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Mouldy, a city of Benjamin (Josh. 18:24). Modern identification: Jifna.

Ophni is represented in the local geography layer as Jifna. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 18:24 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 21 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 21 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 24 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 29 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 35 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ophni today

Travel to Ophni, the modern-day Jifna.

Ophni is commonly identified with Jifna, 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.

Ophni 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

Jifna

31.962°N · 35.216°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention