Keilah
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Village | |
Coordinates: 31°36′58″N 35°00′11″E / 31.61611°N 35.00306°E | |
Grid position | 150113 PAL |
Region | West Bank |
District | Judea and Samaria Area |
Government | |
• Council | Har Hevron (Mount Hebron) Regional Council |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 918 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (IST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (IDT) |
Keilah (Hebrew: קְעִילָה, romanized: Qəʿilā, lit. 'Citadel') was a city in the lowlands of the Kingdom of Judah.[1] It is now a ruin known as Khirbet Qeyla near the modern village of Qila, Hebron, 7 miles (11 km) east of Bayt Jibrin and about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Kharas.[2][3]