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Shephelah

approximate location

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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 Negeb NEGEB Lebanon LEBANON Eshtaol Eshtaol Chinnereth Chinnereth Carmel Carmel Canaan CANAAN Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh Ashnah Ashnah Arabah ARABAH Aijalon Aijalon Ai Ai Jerusalem Jerusalem Shephelah SHEPHELAH 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 · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH NEGEB · JERUSALEM · ARABAH · LEBANON AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Panorama of hills in the Shephelah.

Panorama of hills in the Shephelah.

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19 PASSAGES · 9 BOOKS

Deuteronomy 1
Joshua 6
Judges 1
1 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 4
Jeremiah 3
Obadiah 1
Zechariah 1

COORDINATES 31.6917, 34.8750

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