Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Zedad?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Sadad.

First appears in Numbers 34:8 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Side; sloping place, a town in the north of Palestine, near Hamath (Num. 34:8; Ezek. 47:15). It has been identified with the ruins of Sudud, between Emesa (Hums) and Baalbec, but that is uncertain. Modern identification: Sadad.

Zedad is represented in the local geography layer as Sadad. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 34:8 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

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About 106 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 216 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 227 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 234 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 278 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zedad today

Travel to Zedad, the modern-day Sadad.

Zedad is commonly identified with Sadad, 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.

Zedad 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

Sadad

34.313°N · 36.924°E

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Ezekiel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention