Biblical place

Where was Ziklag?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell esh Sharia.

First appears in Joshua 15:31 · 5 books · 9 chapters

Overview

A town in the Negeb, or south country of Judah (Josh. 15:31), in the possession of the Philistines when David fled to Gath from Ziph with all his followers. Modern identification: Tell esh Sharia.

Ziklag is represented in the local geography layer as Tell esh Sharia. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:31 and is mentioned across 5 books, with 13 verse references collected into the glossary index.

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Bethlehem

About 61 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 68 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 68 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 90 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 93 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ziklag today

Travel to Ziklag, the modern-day Tell esh Sharia.

Ziklag is commonly identified with Tell esh Sharia, 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.

Ziklag 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

Tell esh Sharia

31.391°N · 34.682°E

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