Sacred Atlas

Where Is It Today?

Where Is Shur Today?

Shur is identified with Ar Ruwaysat. See modern location, confidence level, Scripture references, coordinates, and source attribution.

Modern locationmodern identification under review
ConfidenceApproximate
Scripture refs6

Approximate confidence

Modern identification

Ar Ruwaysat - modern identification under review

Coordinates30.4933, 32.9567
Kindregion
Claims3
Sources2

Scripture anchors

Gen 16:7Gen 20:1Gen 25:18Ex 15:221 Sam 15:71 Sam 27:8

Why this place is in the atlas

Shur is a biblical place imported into Sacred Atlas from OpenBible.info with 6 Scripture references attached for review.

Claim ledger

foreignKeys[0] ancientId: acdbce0, urlSlug: shur, friendlyId: Shur OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - Approximate
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 30.493333, longitude: 32.956667, precision: region OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - Approximate
scriptureReferences Gen 16:7, Gen 20:1, Gen 25:18, Ex 15:22 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High