Sacred Atlas

Where Is It Today?

Where Is Lachish Today?

Lachish is identified with Tell ed Duweir. See modern location, confidence level, Scripture references, coordinates, and source attribution.

Modern locationmodern identification under review
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs22

High confidence

Modern identification

Tell ed Duweir - modern identification under review

Coordinates31.5653, 34.8492
Kindsettlement
Claims3
Sources2

Scripture anchors

Josh 10:3Josh 10:5Josh 10:23Josh 10:31Josh 10:32Josh 10:33Josh 10:34Josh 10:35Josh 12:11Josh 15:392 Kgs 14:192 Kgs 18:142 Kgs 18:172 Kgs 19:82 Chr 11:92 Chr 25:272 Chr 32:9Neh 11:30Isa 36:2Isa 37:8Jer 34:7Mic 1:13

Why this place is in the atlas

Lachish is a biblical place imported into Sacred Atlas from OpenBible.info with 22 Scripture references attached for review.

Claim ledger

foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a3cc590, urlSlug: lachish, friendlyId: Lachish OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 31.565278, longitude: 34.849167, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - High
scriptureReferences Josh 10:3, Josh 10:5, Josh 10:23, Josh 10:31 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High