Khirbat el Jammāḥ

Khirbat el Jammāḥ is a ruin in , . Khirbat el Jammāḥ is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Valley of Elah and Tel Adullam.

Valley
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The , Ella Valley, or Wadi es-Sunt, is a long, shallow valley in the area of . It is best known from the Hebrew Bible incident where David defeated Goliath. is situated 3 km west of Khirbat el Jammāḥ.

Peak
Photo: Davidbena, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Adullam is an ancient ruin once numbered among the thirty-six cities of Canaan whose kings "Joshua and the children of Israel smote". After that, it fell as an inheritance to the tribe of Judah and was included in the northern division of the "lowland" cities of the land of Judah. is situated 3 km southwest of Khirbat el Jammāḥ.

Memorial
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
The Mémorial de la Déportation des Juifs de France is a in to the deportation of Jews from France during the National Socialist era. Located in a pine forest near , near in the , the site was built through… is situated 1½ km west of Khirbat el Jammāḥ.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Geva’ot Eden and Khirbet al-Deir.

Village
Photo: דג קטן, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Giv'ot Eden, also spelled Geva'ot Eden, is a community settlement in central , officially designated as such in 2023. Located in the Judean Mountains, 41.7 kilometres southwest of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Hamlet
Photo: דג קטן, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, or Khirbet ed-Deir, is a Palestinian village located 10 kilometres southwest of , and 15 kilometres northwest of . The town is in the of central .

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small religious moshav in central . Located seven kilometres south of , at the east end of the Elah valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 920.

Khirbat el Jammāḥ

Latitude
31.67019° or 31° 40′ 13″ north
Longitude
35.02719° or 35° 1′ 38″ east
Elevation
425 metres (1,394 feet)
Open location code
8G3QM2CG+3V
Geo­Names ID
294631
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In Other Languages

“Khirbat el Jammāḥ” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “Khirbat el Jammāḥ”
  • Hebrew: “ח’רבת אל ג’מח”

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