Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Susa?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Shush.

First appears in Ezra 4:9 · 4 books · 9 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Shush.

Susa is represented in the local geography layer as Shush. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Ezra 4:9 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 20 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Babylon

About 362 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Susa today

Travel to Susa, the modern-day Shush.

Susa is commonly identified with Shush, 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.

Susa 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

Shush

32.189°N · 48.258°E

Key passages

Appears in

Esther

6 chapters · 17 verse mentions

Ezra

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Nehemiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Daniel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention