Modern locations of places in the Bible:

El Bira

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Also CalledEl Bireh
Latitude, Longitude32.608230, 35.504150
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?)197582/223799
Typesettlement
Point Precisionarchaeological site in modern settlement
Coordinates Sources
General Location Notes
  • Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010) (Beer): “7 miles northwest of Beth Shan
  • Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992) (Beer (place)): “in the vicinity of Ophrah about 7 miles northwest of Beth-shean
  • International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1979) (Beer): “7 miles north of Beth-shan
  • New Interpreter’s Bible Dictionary (2009) (Beer): “south of the Sea of Galilee, and north of the Jezreel Valley
  • Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000) (Beer): “east of Mount Tabor
  • New Unger’s Bible Dictionary (1988) (Beer): “near the mouth of the Wadi es Surar”
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Biblical places associated with El Bira

10-meter-per-pixel satellite Image

satellite view of the region around El Bira
Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019 (modified)