Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Zereth-shahar?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Callirrhoe.

First appears in Joshua 13:19 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

The splendour of the dawn, a city “in the mount of the valley” (Josh. 13:19). Modern identification: Callirrhoe.

Zereth-shahar is represented in the local geography layer as Callirrhoe. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 13:19 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

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About 18 km away in the local coordinate layer.

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About 32 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 35 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 37 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 37 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zereth-shahar today

Travel to Zereth-shahar, the modern-day Callirrhoe.

Zereth-shahar is commonly identified with Callirrhoe, 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.

Zereth-shahar 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

Callirrhoe

31.597°N · 35.559°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention