Seirah
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| Type | natural area |
|---|---|
| Also called | Seirath |
| Most likely | in the hills of Ephraim (medium confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.988° N, 35.333° E |
| Mentioned in | 2 verses |
| First mention | Judges 3:26 |
Seirah is a natural area named in 2 verses of the Bible. It is most likely in the hills of Ephraim (medium confidence; 3 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| in the hills of Ephraim | medium (47%) | 31.988° N, 35.333° E |
| not a proper name (wooded area) | low (18%) | — |
| in the Jordan Valley | very low (11%) | 32.317° N, 35.570° E |
| in Moab | very low (-7%) | 31.181° N, 35.701° E |
Verses
Judges
- Judges 3:26And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
- Judges 3:27And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.