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Ophel

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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 Tekoa Tekoa Kidron Kidron Gihon Gihon City of David City of David Ophel Ophel +2 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city site mountain known location approximate debated 7 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 CITY OF DAVID · FISH GATE · GIHON 2 · KIDRON AND 2 MORE, named in the same passages

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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.

Panorama of the Ophel.

Panorama of the Ophel.

PHOTO: Joe Freeman CC BY-SA 2.5 Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Tekoa ABOUT 10 MI (16 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.

4 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 31.7753, 35.2362

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ON WIKIDATA · Q2630170