Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Thebes?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Thebes.

First appears in Jeremiah 46:25 · 3 books · 3 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Thebes.

Thebes is represented in the local geography layer as Thebes. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Jeremiah 46:25 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 6 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Mount Sinai

About 341 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Egypt

About 507 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Thebes today

Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.

Thebes 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.

Thebes 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

Thebes

25.721°N · 32.610°E

Key passages

Appears in

Ezekiel

1 chapter · 3 verse mentions

Nahum

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

Jeremiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention