Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Shen?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Burj el Isaneh.

First appears in 1 Samuel 7:12 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

A tooth, probably some conspicuous tooth-shaped rock or crag (1 Sam. 7:12), a place between which and Mizpeh Samuel set up his “Ebenezer. ” In the Hebrew the word has the article prefixed. Modern identification: Burj el Isaneh.

Shen is represented in the local geography layer as Burj el Isaneh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 1 Samuel 7:12 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jericho

About 22 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.

Samaria

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 33 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Shen today

Travel to Shen, the modern-day Burj el Isaneh.

Shen is commonly identified with Burj el Isaneh, 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.

Shen 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

Burj el Isaneh

31.999°N · 35.260°E

Key passages

Appears in

1 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention