# Lod

under the modern city, so there’s no better point

## Ancient names

- Διόσπολις (Diospolis): Greek

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687953).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i311fc2.jpg (רחל שרוני, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PikiWiki_Israel_59114_khan_el_hilo.jpg).

## Passages

- **1 Chronicles 8:12** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/8/12
- **Ezra 2:33** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/2/33
- **Nehemiah 7:37** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/7/37
- **Nehemiah 11:35** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/11/35
- **Acts 9:32** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/32
- **Acts 9:35** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/35
- **Acts 9:38** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/38

## Coordinates

31.9500, 34.9000

## Straight-line distances

- **Hadid**: about 3 mi (5 km) in a straight line, a day on foot
- **Joppa**: about 11 mi (18 km) in a straight line, a day on foot
- **Jerusalem**: about 23 mi (37 km) in a straight line, 2 days on foot

## In the reference maps

- **Israel and Judah**: The two kingdoms: Israel until 722, Judah until 586 BC. https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/israel-e-juda

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/lod
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207540
- Geography: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0 (https://www.openbible.info/geo/).
- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).