Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Zer?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tyre.

First appears in Joshua 19:35 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tyre.

Zer is represented in the local geography layer as Tyre. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 19:35 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 8 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 12 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 19 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 63 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 103 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zer today

Travel to Zer, the modern-day Tyre.

Zer is commonly identified with Tyre, 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.

Zer 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

Tyre

Qarn Hattin

32.800°N · 35.460°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention