Sacred Atlas

Where Is It Today?

Where Is Ir-shemesh Today?

Ir-shemesh is identified with Tel Bet Shemesh. See modern location, confidence level, Scripture references, coordinates, and source attribution.

Modern locationmodern identification under review
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs1

High confidence

Modern identification

Tel Bet Shemesh - modern identification under review

Coordinates31.7506, 34.9747
Kindsettlement
Claims3
Sources2

Scripture anchors

Josh 19:41

Why this place is in the atlas

Ir-shemesh is a biblical place imported into Sacred Atlas from OpenBible.info with 1 Scripture reference attached for review.

Claim ledger

foreignKeys[0] ancientId: ad6cc26, urlSlug: ir-shemesh, friendlyId: Ir-shemesh OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 31.750621, longitude: 34.974744, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - High
scriptureReferences Josh 19:41 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High