Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Thebez?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tubas.

First appears in Judges 9:50 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Brightness, a place some 11 miles north-east of Shechem, on the road to Scythopolis, the modern Tabas. Modern identification: Tubas.

Thebez is represented in the local geography layer as Tubas. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Judges 9:50 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Samaria

About 17 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 43 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 50 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 51 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 51 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Thebez today

Travel to Thebez, the modern-day Tubas.

Thebez is commonly identified with Tubas, 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.

Thebez 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

Tubas

32.322°N · 35.369°E

Key passages

Appears in

Judges

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention