Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Zalmon?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jebel Druze.

First appears in Psalms 68:14 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Shady; or Zalmon (q. v. ), a hill covered with dark forests, south of Shechem, from which Abimelech and his men gathered wood to burn that city (Judg. 9:48). In Ps. Modern identification: Jebel Druze.

Zalmon is represented in the local geography layer as Jebel Druze. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Psalms 68:14 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

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About 102 km away in the local coordinate layer.

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About 113 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 131 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 134 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 150 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zalmon today

Travel to Zalmon, the modern-day Jebel Druze.

Zalmon is commonly identified with Jebel Druze, 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.

Zalmon 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

Jebel Druze

32.667°N · 36.733°E

Key passages

Appears in

Psalms

1 chapter · 1 verse mention