Biblical place

Where was Tirzah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell el Farah.

First appears in Joshua 12:24 · 4 books · 6 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell el Farah.

Tirzah is represented in the local geography layer as Tell el Farah. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 12:24 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 13 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Samaria

About 13 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 46 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 53 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 55 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Tirzah today

Travel to Tirzah, the modern-day Tell el Farah.

Tirzah is commonly identified with Tell el Farah, 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.

Tirzah 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

Tell el Farah

32.287°N · 35.338°E

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