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Biblical place

Where was Shimron?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Shimron.

First appears in Joshua 11:1 · 1 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Watch-post, an ancient city of the Canaanites; with its villages, allotted to Zebulun (Josh. 19:15); now probably Semunieh, on the northern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, 5 miles west of Nazareth. Modern identification: Tel Shimron.

Shimron is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Shimron. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 11:1 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Nazareth

About 8 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 13 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 30 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 48 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 95 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Shimron today

Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.

Shimron is approached here as a present-day map point rather than a speculative route guide. Use the coordinates and outbound map links to place the site inside its wider landscape.

Shimron 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

Tel Shimron

32.704°N · 35.213°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions