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Biblical place

Where was Seirah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with hills of Ephraim.

First appears in Judges 3:26 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Woody district; shaggy, a place among the mountains of Ephraim, bordering on Benjamin, to which Ehud fled after he had assassinated Eglon at Jericho (Judg. 3:26, 27). Modern identification: hills of Ephraim.

Seirah is represented in the local geography layer as hills of Ephraim. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Judges 3:26 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jericho

About 17 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 25 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 25 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 33 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 34 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Seirah today

Travel to Seirah, the modern-day hills of Ephraim.

Seirah is commonly identified with hills of Ephraim, 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.

Seirah 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

hills of Ephraim

in the hills of Ephraim

31.988°N · 35.333°E

Key passages

Appears in

Judges

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions