Ziph
Ziph was a town of Judah, located in the Judean Mountains south-east of Hebron. According to the biblical narrative in 1 Samuel 23, David hid himself from Saul here.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 875 metres
- Description: former town in the Judean Mountains, south-east of Hebron
- Also known as: “Tall Zif” and “Tall Zīf”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ar-Rifa’iyya.
Ar-Rifa’iyya
Residential area
Ar-Rifa'iyya, is a Palestinian village in the Hebron Governorate, located east of the city of Yatta and south of the city of Hebron in the West Bank, and within the lands occupied after the 1967 war. Ar-Rifa’iyya is situated 3½ km southeast of Ziph.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ma’ale Hever;Maale Hever and Khallet al-Maiya.
Ma’ale Hever;Maale Hever
Village
Photo: Matanya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ma'ale Hever or Pnei Hever is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the eastern Hebron Hills to the east of Hebron at an elevation of 810 m, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. Ma’ale Hever;Maale Hever is situated 3 km northeast of Ziph.
Khallet al-Maiya
Village
Khalet al-Maiyya خلة المية is a Palestinian village located nine kilometers south of Hebron and four kilometers west of Yatta. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. Khallet al-Maiya is situated 4 km south of Ziph.
Qilqis
Village
Photo: سجى نبيل أبو سنينة, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Qilqis is a Palestinian village located four kilometers south of Hebron and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Beit Haggai. The village is in the Hebron Governorate in the Southern West Bank. Qilqis is situated 4½ km northwest of Ziph.
Ziph
- Categories: former town, tell, biblical place, and landform
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Ziph” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tall Zīf”
- Dutch: “Tall Zīf”
- Hebrew: “זיף”
- Russian: “Зиф”
- Ukrainian: “Зіф”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Khirbat Zīf and Khirbat Isţabūl.
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