Bible Atlas · Places

Ephesdammim

Town · today Khirbet Damun

Location likely Khirbet Damun: about 20 km (12 miles, 110 furlongs) southwest of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Khirbet Damun Likely
  • Khirbet Beit Fasal Possible

Ephes-dammim in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 2 Verses

  • 1 Samuel 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
  • 1 Chronicles 11:13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.

Free for iPhone & Android Thy Word is True: KJV Bible The maps are in the free app too: tap a place’s name in any verse to see where it was. Learn more ›