Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Zarephath?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Sarepta.

First appears in 1 Kings 17:9 · 3 books · 3 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Sarepta.

Zarephath is represented in the local geography layer as Sarepta. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 1 Kings 17:9 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Canaan

About 78 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 81 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 85 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 94 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 132 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zarephath today

Travel to Zarephath, the modern-day Sarepta.

Zarephath is commonly identified with Sarepta, 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.

Zarephath 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

Sarepta

33.464°N · 35.295°E

Key passages

Appears in

1 Kings

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

Obadiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Luke

1 chapter · 1 verse mention