Biblical place
Where was Zela?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet Salah.
First appears in Joshua 18:28 · 2 books · 2 chapters
Overview
Slope; side, a town in Benjamin, where Saul and his son Jonathan were buried (2 Sam. 21:14). It was probably Saul’s birthplace. Modern identification: Khirbet Salah.
Zela is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet Salah. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 18:28 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.
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Where it sits on the map
How to get to Zela today
Travel to Zela, the modern-day Khirbet Salah.
Zela is commonly identified with Khirbet Salah, 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.
Zela 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.