Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Zemaraim?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Ras et Tahuneh.

First appears in Joshua 18:22 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

(1. ) A town of Benjamin (Josh. 18:22); now the ruin, rather two ruins, es-Sumrah, 4 miles north of Jericho. (2. ) A mount in the highlands of Ephraim, to the north of Jerusalem (2 Chr. 13:4-20). Modern identification: Ras et Tahuneh.

Zemaraim is represented in the local geography layer as Ras et Tahuneh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 18:22 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 15 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 15 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 22 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 37 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zemaraim today

Travel to Zemaraim, the modern-day Ras et Tahuneh.

Zemaraim is commonly identified with Ras et Tahuneh, 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.

Zemaraim 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

Ras et Tahuneh

31.909°N · 35.212°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention