Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Zaphon?

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

First appears in Job 26:7 · 3 books · 3 chapters

Overview

Biblical mountain. Modern identification: Jebel Aqra.

Zaphon is represented in the local geography layer as Jebel Aqra. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Job 26:7 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 273 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 357 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 359 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 367 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 415 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zaphon today

Travel to Zaphon, the modern-day Jebel Aqra.

Zaphon is commonly identified with Jebel Aqra, 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.

Zaphon 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 Aqra

35.953°N · 35.969°E

Key passages

Appears in

Job

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Psalms

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention