Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Zered?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Wadi al Hasa.

First appears in Deuteronomy 2:13 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

=Zared, luxuriance; willow bush, a brook or valley communicating with the Dead Sea near its southern extremity (Num. 21:12; Deut. 2:14). It is called the “brook of the willows”. Modern identification: Wadi al Hasa.

Zered is represented in the local geography layer as Wadi al Hasa. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Deuteronomy 2:13 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 80 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 82 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 87 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 87 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 94 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zered today

Travel to Zered, the modern-day Wadi al Hasa.

Zered is commonly identified with Wadi al Hasa, 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.

Zered 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

Wadi al Hasa

31.027°N · 35.485°E

Key passages

Appears in

Deuteronomy

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions