Deir Al Arba'een

Deir Al Arba'een (Arabic: دير الأربعين, lit. 'Sanctuary of the Forty'), also Masha'ad Al Arba'een, is a ruined building approximately 300 meters to the West of the Old City of Hebron. It is considered the most notable ancient structure on Tel Rumeida.

It was described by the 1874 PEF Survey of Palestine and in 1911–14 by Andreas Evaristus Mader.

A corner of the building contains what is thought to be the Tomb of Jesse and Ruth.

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