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Gezer

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Gazru Akkadian

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Shechem Shechem Lower Beth-horon Lower Beth-horon Hushah Hushah Hazor Hazor Great Sea Great Sea Geba Geba +1 Eglon Eglon Bethel Bethel Ayyah Ayyah Jerusalem Jerusalem Egypt EGYPT Gezer Gezer 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · +N: other places on the same point · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH SHECHEM · LOWER BETH-HORON · AYYAH · BETHEL 1 AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Lower Beth-horon ABOUT 10 MI (16 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Gibeon ABOUT 16 MI (25 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Hushah ABOUT 16 MI (26 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Shechem ABOUT 32 MI (52 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Hazor 1 ABOUT 89 MI (140 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 7 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 19 MI (31 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

12 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 31.8592, 34.9192

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