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.
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Where it sits on the map
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
1 chapter · 1 verse mention