Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Ziphron?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Huwwarin.

First appears in Numbers 34:9 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Sweet odour, a city on the northern border of Palestine (Num. 34:9), south-east of Hamath. Modern identification: Huwwarin.

Ziphron is represented in the local geography layer as Huwwarin. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 34:9 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 109 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 220 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 232 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 239 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 282 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ziphron today

Travel to Ziphron, the modern-day Huwwarin.

Ziphron is commonly identified with Huwwarin, 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.

Ziphron 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

Huwwarin

34.267°N · 37.067°E

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

1 chapter · 1 verse mention