Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Zior?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Rumeida.

First appears in Joshua 15:54 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Littleness, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:54); the modern Si’air, 4 1/2 miles north-north-east of Hebron. Modern identification: Tel Rumeida.

Zior is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Rumeida. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:54 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 22 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 50 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 51 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zior today

Travel to Zior, the modern-day Tel Rumeida.

Zior is commonly identified with Tel Rumeida, 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.

Zior 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

Tel Rumeida

within 10 km of Tel Rumeida

31.525°N · 35.102°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention