Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Suphah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Sufeh.

First appears in Numbers 21:14 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

(Num. 21:14, marg.; also R. V. ), a place at the south-eastern corner of the Dead Sea, the Ghor es-Safieh. Modern identification: Sufeh.

Suphah is represented in the local geography layer as Sufeh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 21:14 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

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About 27 km away in the local coordinate layer.

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About 42 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 57 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 57 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 58 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Suphah today

Travel to Suphah, the modern-day Sufeh.

Suphah is commonly identified with Sufeh, 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.

Suphah 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

Sufeh

31.666°N · 35.817°E

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

1 chapter · 1 verse mention