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Jericho 1

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Mẹ Yǝriḥo Biblical Hebrew
  • ῾ιερικοῦς Ierichous, Ierichō Greek
  • Herichonte Latin

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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 Moab MOAB Jordan Jordan Gilgal Gilgal Gilead GILEAD Gibeon Gibeon Chaldea CHALDEA Bezer Bezer Bethel Bethel Beth-aven Beth-aven Ai Ai Abarim Abarim Jericho Jericho +1 100 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city mountain 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 JORDAN · MOAB 2 · AI 1 · 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

  • Gibeon ABOUT 15 MI (25 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Abarim ABOUT 18 MI (29 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 14 MI (23 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY 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.

ANOTHER PLACE CALLED JERICHO

57 PASSAGES · 13 BOOKS

Numbers 9
Deuteronomy 3
Joshua 27
Judges 2
2 Samuel 1
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 5
1 Chronicles 2
2 Chronicles 1
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 2
Jeremiah 2
Hebrews 1

COORDINATES 31.8717, 35.4446

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