Biblical places
Sychar
The village near Jacob's well where Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman (John 4). The modern village of Askar, near Nablus, is the leading candidate, though some scholarly debate over the exact identification remains.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Probable
- Askar
- 32.2199, 35.2974
Most scholars view Askar as Sychar, but since conclusive archaeological evidence is lacking, it is marked 'probable.'
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
John 4:5
Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.