Bible Atlas · Places

Mount Heres

Town

Location disputed Tel Bet Shemesh: about 25 km (15 miles, 130 furlongs) west of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Tel Bet Shemesh Possible
  • Khirbet Harsis Possible
  • Khirbet Hirsha Possible

Named in 1 Verse

  • Judges 1:35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.

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 ›