Shur

Where it is

3 locations have been proposed, 213 km apart at the extremes. This atlas draws the first; the others are recorded here because the disagreement is real and is not ours to settle.

1. region around Ar Ruwaysat30.4933, 32.9567
2. about 30 km around Wadi as Sakriyat29.9558, 32.8725
3. Tel Sharuhen31.2819, 34.4825

Where Scripture names it

6 verses in 3 books.

Where this atlas draws it

1 pin across 1 chapter — this atlas’s own editorial choice, not a claim about the text.

• Way to Shurmatched by the verses it appears in