Sacred Atlas

Where Is It Today?

Where Is Heshbon Today?

Heshbon is identified with Tell Hesban. See modern location, confidence level, Scripture references, coordinates, and source attribution.

Modern locationmodern identification under review
ConfidenceApproximate
Scripture refs24

Approximate confidence

Modern identification

Tell Hesban - modern identification under review

Coordinates31.8008, 35.8091
Kindsettlement
Claims3
Sources2

Scripture anchors

Num 21:25Num 21:26Num 21:27Num 21:28Num 21:30Num 21:34Num 32:3Num 32:37Deut 1:4Deut 2:24Deut 2:26Deut 2:30Deut 3:2Deut 3:6Deut 4:46Deut 29:7Josh 9:10Josh 12:2Josh 12:5Josh 13:10Josh 13:17Josh 13:21Josh 13:26Josh 13:27

Why this place is in the atlas

Heshbon is a biblical place imported into Sacred Atlas from OpenBible.info with 24 Scripture references attached for review.

Claim ledger

foreignKeys[0] ancientId: abf2fc1, urlSlug: heshbon, friendlyId: Heshbon OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - Approximate
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 31.800811, longitude: 35.809062, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - Approximate
scriptureReferences Num 21:25, Num 21:26, Num 21:27, Num 21:28 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High