Sychar

Where it is

2 locations have been proposed, 1 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. Askar32.2178, 35.2890
2. Tell Balatah32.2136, 35.2819

Where Scripture names it

1 verse in 1 book.

Where this atlas draws it

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

• Sycharmatched decided — John 4:5 - "So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph." Jesus comes to Sychar in Samaria and meets the woman at Jacob’s well (4:5-6); the chapter ends back at Cana (4:46).