Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Salt Sea?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Dead Sea.

First appears in Genesis 14:3 · 11 books · 16 chapters

Overview

(Heb. yam), signifies (1) “the gathering together of the waters,” the ocean (Gen. 1:10); (2) a river, as the Nile (Isa. 19:5), the Euphrates (Isa. 21:1; Jer. 51:36); (3) the Red Sea. Modern identification: Dead Sea.

Salt Sea is represented in the local geography layer as Dead Sea. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 14:3 and is mentioned across 11 books, with 21 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jordan

About 30 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 36 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 40 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 40 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 42 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Salt Sea today

Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.

Salt Sea names a waterway or shoreline rather than one stop, so the map point acts as a geographic center inside the wider corridor.

Salt Sea is mapped here as a representative point along the wider water corridor.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Borders, permits, local access, and the exact identification of biblical landscapes can change.

Modern orientation

Dead Sea

31.500°N · 35.500°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

4 chapters · 5 verse mentions

Ezekiel

2 chapters · 5 verse mentions

Numbers

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

Deuteronomy

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Genesis

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Jeremiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Joel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Zechariah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention