Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem District

Eshtaol

Eshtaol is a moshav in central , and a biblical location mentioned in the Books of Joshua and Judges and in the first Book of Chronicles. Located 6 km north of the city of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.
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Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Village with 1,240 residents
  • Description: moshav in Jerusalem District, central Israel
  • Also known as: “Eshta’ol”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Avshalom Cave and Hartuv.

Cave
Photo: Relly.hendel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, known in academic literature as Soreq Cave and popularly as Stalactites Cave, is a 5,000 m2 cave on the western side of Mt. Ye'ela, in the Judean hills in , unique for its dense concentration of stalactites and other cave formations. is situated 3 km southeast of Eshtaol.

Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
, Arabic: ارتون) or Har-Tuv was an agricultural colony in the Judean Hills established in 1882 on land purchased from the Arab village of Artuf by English missionaries.

Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Naham and Mesilat Zion.

Village
Photo: אסף.צ, CC BY 2.5.
is a moshav in central . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 597.

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav in central . Located near the city of with an area of 1,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 934.

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav in central . Located to the north of with an area of 1,800 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. is situated 2½ km west of Eshtaol.

Eshtaol

Latitude
31.78097° or 31° 46′ 52″ north
Longitude
35.00974° or 35° 0′ 35″ east
Population
1,240
Elevation
280 metres (919 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL OST
Open location code
8G3QQ2J5+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 82628857
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
295143
Wiki­data ID
Q3593
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Eshtaol” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اشتاول”
  • Catalan: “Eshtaol”
  • Chinese: “以實陶”
  • Chinese: “埃什塔奥勒”
  • Czech: “Ešta’ol”
  • Danish: “Eshtaol”
  • Dutch: “Eshtaol”
  • French: “Eshtaol”
  • German: “Eschtaol”
  • Hebrew: “Eshta’ol”
  • Hebrew: “אשתאול”
  • Indonesian: “Esytaol”
  • Italian: “Eshta’ol”
  • Italian: “Eshtaol”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Esjtaol”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eshtaol”
  • Norwegian: “Esjtaol”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Eshtaol”
  • Persian: “اشتهول”
  • Polish: “Eszta’ol”
  • Polish: “Esztaol”
  • Portuguese: “Eshtaol”
  • Romanian: “Eshtaol”
  • Russian: “Эштаоль”
  • Spanish: “Eshtaol”
  • Swedish: “Eshtaol”
  • Tajik: “Эштаол”
  • Turkish: “Eştaol”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Eshtaol”. Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.