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Biblical place

Where was Sheshach?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Babylon.

First appears in Jeremiah 25:26 · 1 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Babylon.

Sheshach is represented in the local geography layer as Babylon. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Jeremiah 25:26 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Babylon

About 0 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Sheshach today

Travel to Sheshach, the modern-day Babylon.

Sheshach is commonly identified with Babylon, 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.

Sheshach 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

Babylon

32.543°N · 44.422°E

Key passages

Appears in

Jeremiah

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions