Bible Location
Meaning: nativity; generation · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
Lod was a town in the coastal plain associated with Benjamin and with post-exilic resettlement. It is important because it remained part of the inhabited landscape west of Jerusalem after the return from exile. First appears in 1 Chr 8:12.1
AI summary: Lod appears in the Bible less through dramatic narrative than through continuity of settlement. Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah all remember it within the restored population and town lists, which means it remained a meaningful part of the rebuilt community's geographic world. Its position in the plain also gave it practical importance within the corridor between the hill country and the coast. The cross references present Lod as a durable town of restoration-era life and regional continuity.1
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.