Places in the Bible Today:

Mount Seir 2

Data

Translated NamesMount Seir, Seir
Typemountain
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1 Identification

  1. Shoresh (modern): 45% confidence
    1. aerial cityscape of ShoreshShoresh

Verses (1)

Josh 15:10

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Logos FactbookMount Seir (of Judah)
OpenBible.info (2007)Mount Seir 2
OpenBible.infoa36c283 (Mount Seir 2)
TIPNRSeir_Mount@Jos.15.10
UBS Names Databaseot ID_2759
WikipediaMount Seir (partial)

Sources

  1. Carta Bible Atlas, 5th Edition (2011)
  2. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000): Seir (place)
  3. Hess, Joshua (1996): table 10
  4. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1979): Seir
  5. McKinny, Historical Geography of the Administrative Division of Judah (2014): page 65
  6. New Interpreter’s Bible Dictionary (2009)
  7. New Unger’s Bible Dictionary (1988)
  8. Tyndale Bible Dictionary (2001): Seir (Place)
  9. Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible (1956): Seir
  10. Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (1975): Seir
  11. Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010)
  12. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (2009): Josh 15:5

Confidence Trends over Time

This chart indicates how confidence in the identification is changing over time. Each dot (connected by a dotted line) reflects the confidence of an identification over the preceding ten years (e.g., the 2009 dot reflects scholarship from 2000 to 2009), and the corresponding solid line reflects a best-fit line for the identification. Confidences that cluster near or below 0% indicate low confidence. Because of the small dataset, it's best to use this chart for general trends; if one identification is trending much higher than the others, for example, then you can probably have higher confidence in the identification. This chart only reflects the sources I consulted (listed above), not an exhaustive review of the literature.

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This page attempts to identify all the possible locations where this biblical place could be. The confidence levels add up to less than 100%, indicating that the modern location is uncertain.