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Taanach

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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 Zarethan Zarethan Naphoth-dor NAPHOTH-DOR ? Megiddo Megiddo Jokmeam Jokmeam Jezreel Jezreel Gath-rimmon Gath-rimmon +1 En-dor En-dor Dor Dor Canaan CANAAN Beth-shan Beth-shan Abel-meholah Abel-meholah Taanach Taanach 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 MEGIDDO · BETH-SHAN · DOR · IBLEAM 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.

An artifact found at Tell Ta'anach, ancient Taanach.

An artifact found at Tell Ta'anach, ancient Taanach.

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DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Megiddo ABOUT 5 MI (8 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Ibleam ABOUT 7 MI (11 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Jezreel 2 ABOUT 7 MI (11 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Beth-shan ABOUT 17 MI (27 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Dor ABOUT 19 MI (30 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 51 MI (83 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 4 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.

7 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 32.5215, 35.2191

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