Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Zaanan?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell ed Duweir.

First appears in Micah 1:11 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell ed Duweir.

Zaanan is represented in the local geography layer as Tell ed Duweir. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Micah 1:11 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 37 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 43 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 43 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 66 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 71 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zaanan today

Travel to Zaanan, the modern-day Tell ed Duweir.

Zaanan is commonly identified with Tell ed Duweir, 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.

Zaanan 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 ed Duweir

within 12 km of Tell ed Duweir

31.565°N · 34.849°E

Key passages

Appears in

Micah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention