Eshtaol
Where Eshtaol sits on the map, and the 8 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Khirbet Deir Shubeib
- Coordinates
- 31.7977, 34.9860
- Mentions
- 8 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
8 verses, in biblical order.
Joshua
- Joshua 15:33
Truly, in the plains, there were: Eshtaol and Zorah and Ashnah,
- Joshua 19:41
And the border of their possession was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, that is, the City of the Sun,
Judges
- Judges 13:25
And the Spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- Judges 16:31
Then his brothers and all his relatives, going down, took his body, and they buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying place of his father, Manoah. And he judged Israel for twenty years.
- Judges 18:2
Therefore, the sons of Dan sent five very strong men, of their stock and family, from Zorah and Eshtaol, so that they might explore the land and diligently inspect it. And they said to them, “Go, and consider the land.” And after traveling, they arrived at mount Ephraim, and they entered into the house of Micah. There they rested.
- Judges 18:8
And they returned to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, who questioned them as to what they had done. And they responded:
- Judges 18:11
And so, those of the kindred of Dan set out, that is, six hundred men from Zorah and Eshtaol, girded with the weapons of warfare.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 2:53
And from the kindred of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these, the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites went forth.