Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Ezion-geber?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jezirat Faraun.

First appears in Numbers 33:35 · 4 books · 6 chapters

Overview

The giant’s backbone (so called from the head of a mountain which runs out into the sea), an ancient city and harbour at the north-east end of the Elanitic branch of the Red Sea. Modern identification: Jezirat Faraun.

Ezion-geber is represented in the local geography layer as Jezirat Faraun. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 33:35 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 7 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

1 Kings

2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions

2 Chronicles

2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions

Deuteronomy

1 chapter · 1 verse mention