Eshtaol
Eshtaol (Wikipedia)
Eshtaol
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  Eshtaol  Eshtaol | |
| Coordinates: 31°46′51.95″N 35°0′36.36″E / 31.7810972°N 35.0101000°ECoordinates: 31°46′51.95″N 35°0′36.36″E / 31.7810972°N 35.0101000°E | |
| District |  Jerusalem |
| Founded | 8000 BCE (Earliest settlement) 1200 BCE (Israelite settlement) 1600s or earlier (Arab village) 1949 (Israeli moshav) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 1,267 |
| Website | www.eshtaol.org.il |
Eshtaol (Hebrew: אֶשְׁתָּאוֹל) was a biblical location mentioned in the books of Joshua and Judges and in the first book of Chronicles, and is now a moshav in central Israel. Located 6 km. north of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 1,267.