Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Siloam?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Pool of Siloam.

First appears in Nehemiah 2:14 · 3 books · 4 chapters

Overview

Biblical pool. Modern identification: Pool of Siloam.

Siloam is represented in the local geography layer as Pool of Siloam. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Nehemiah 2:14 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 5 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 1 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 1 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 8 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Siloam today

Travel to Siloam, the modern-day Pool of Siloam.

Siloam is commonly identified with Pool of Siloam, 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.

Siloam 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

Pool of Siloam

31.771°N · 35.235°E

Key passages

Appears in

Nehemiah

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

John

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

Luke

1 chapter · 1 verse mention