Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Ziph?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet ez Zeifeh.

First appears in Joshua 15:24 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet ez Zeifeh.

Ziph is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet ez Zeifeh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:24 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 82 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 90 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 90 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 101 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 107 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ziph today

Travel to Ziph, the modern-day Khirbet ez Zeifeh.

Ziph is commonly identified with Khirbet ez Zeifeh, 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.

Ziph 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

Khirbet ez Zeifeh

30.997°N · 34.982°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention