Sacred Atlas

Canonical Place Record

Susa

Esther/Nehemiah Persian setting and strong empire-layer value. See Scripture references, modern location, confidence level, and source attribution from Sacred Atlas.

Modern locationmodern identification under review
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs20

High confidence

Modern identification

Shush - modern identification under review

Coordinates32.1892, 48.2578
Kindsettlement
Claims7
Sources3

Scripture anchors

Ezra 4:9Neh 1:1Est 1:2Est 1:5Est 2:3Est 2:5Est 2:8Est 3:15Est 4:8Est 4:16Est 8:14Est 8:15Est 9:6Est 9:11Est 9:12Est 9:13Est 9:14Est 9:15Est 9:18Dan 8:2

Why this place is in the atlas

Esther/Nehemiah Persian setting and strong empire-layer value.

Claim ledger

names[0].value Susa Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
summary.en Esther/Nehemiah Persian setting and strong empire-layer value. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium
foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a033b84, urlSlug: susa, friendlyId: Susa OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 32.18922, longitude: 48.25778, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - High
identifications[0].modernRegion null Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Unknown
scriptureReferences Ezra 4:9, Neh 1:1, Est 1:2, Est 1:5 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High
temporalScopes Biblical era context requires editorial review., Modern context requires editorial review. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Unknown