Biblical Places

Cities, mountains, rivers, and wildernesses — the geography of Scripture. 228 of 228 shown; select anywhere to open its Knowledge Hub page.

Places: 228
Regions: 23
Modern countries: 20
Still standing: 125

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EphesusAsia Minor · cityTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Ephesus ruins (near Selçuk)
Region
Asia Minor
Foremost city of Roman Asia and home of the great temple of Artemis, where Paul ministered for more than two years (Acts 19) and to whose church the risen Christ commends endurance yet warns that it has abandoned its first love (Revelation 2:1–7).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
CapernaumGalilee · townIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Kfar Nahum (Tell Hum)
Region
Galilee
The lakeside fishing town that served as the base of Jesus' Galilean ministry and was pronounced under judgment for its unbelief.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
BeershebaNegev · cityIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Be'er Sheva
Region
Negev
The patriarchs' "well of the oath" and Israel's proverbial southern limit ("from Dan to Beersheba"), whose ancient tell (Tel Be'er Sheva) lies just east of the modern city of Be'er Sheva.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
CorinthGreece · cityGreeceno longer exists
Modern name
Ancient Corinth (Archaia Korinthos)
Region
Greece
The wealthy commercial city of Achaia where Paul stayed eighteen months founding the church he later addressed in his Corinthian epistles, its bema tribunal and Erastus inscription still visible amid the ruins.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
TyrePhoenicia · cityLebanonstill standing
Modern name
Sur (Tyre)
Region
Phoenicia
The great Phoenician island-fortress and maritime trading power whose king Hiram supplied timber and craftsmen to David and Solomon and against whose pride Ezekiel prophesied.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AthensGreece · cityGreecestill standing
Modern name
Athens
Region
Greece
The intellectual capital of Greece, where Paul reasoned in the marketplace and delivered his address to the philosophers on the Areopagus.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Caesarea MaritimaCoastal Plain · cityIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Caesarea (Qesarya)
Region
Coastal Plain
Herod the Great's magnificent deep-water harbor city on the Mediterranean, seat of the Roman prefects and the gateway of the gospel to the Gentiles, entirely distinct from Caesarea Philippi in the northern highlands, which is a separate registry entry.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Dead SeaLevant · waterIsrael / Jordanstill standing
Modern name
Dead Sea
Region
Levant
The hypersaline lake in the Jordan Rift into which the Jordan drains, bordering the cities of the plain and envisioned by Ezekiel as one day teeming with life.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GalileeGalilee · regionIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Galilee, northern Israel
Region
Galilee
The fertile northern region around its great lake where Jesus centered his ministry.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
NinevehMesopotamia · cityIraqno longer exists
Modern name
Kuyunjik (opposite Mosul)
Region
Mesopotamia
The great capital of Assyria on the Tigris, called to repentance by Jonah and later doomed by Nahum for its cruelty and pride.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
TarsusAsia Minor · cityTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Tarsus
Region
Asia Minor
The prosperous capital of Cilicia and 'no mean city,' the birthplace of the Apostle Paul and the home to which he withdrew after his conversion (Acts 9:11; 21:39; 22:3).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Temple MountJudea · mountainIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Temple Mount (Haram al-Sharif)
Region
Judea
The sacred esplanade of Mount Moriah where Abraham was tested, Solomon and Herod built the Temple, and Jesus taught and cleansed the courts.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GolgothaJudea · mountainIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Church of the Holy Sepulchre (traditional site)
Region
Judea
The rocky knoll outside Jerusalem's walls, traditionally beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Jesus was crucified.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
JerichoJudea · cityPalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
Jericho (Tell es-Sultan)
Region
Judea
The great walled oasis-city of the Jordan valley whose walls fell before Joshua and along whose road Jesus healed blind Bartimaeus and called Zacchaeus down from the tree.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
JoppaCoastal Plain · cityIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Jaffa (Tel Aviv-Yafo)
Region
Coastal Plain
The ancient Mediterranean port where cedar was landed for Solomon's Temple, from which Jonah fled toward Tarshish, and where Peter's rooftop vision opened the church to the Gentiles.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Sela (Petra)Transjordan · cityJordanno longer exists
Modern name
Petra (Wadi Musa)
Region
Transjordan
The rock-hewn Edomite stronghold, later the Nabataean capital Petra, whose cliff-bound fastness prophets invoked as an emblem of proud security brought low.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ShechemSamaria · cityPalestinian Territoriesno longer exists
Modern name
Tell Balata (Nablus)
Region
Samaria
The covenant city in the pass between Ebal and Gerizim where Abraham built his first altar, Joshua renewed the covenant, and Joseph's bones were buried.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
SidonPhoenicia · cityLebanonstill standing
Modern name
Saida (Sidon)
Region
Phoenicia
The elder Phoenician mother-city and seaport marking Canaan's northern border, home of Jezebel's people and visited by both Elijah and Jesus.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AntiochSyria · cityTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Antakya
Region
Syria
Syrian Antioch on the Orontes (modern Antakya, Türkiye), where disciples were first called Christians and Paul's missions were launched — distinct from Pisidian Antioch in Asia Minor.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AssyriaMesopotamia · regionIraqstill standing
Modern name
Northern Iraq
Region
Mesopotamia
The northern Mesopotamian empire whose kings deported the ten tribes of Israel and besieged Judah, wielded in prophecy as the rod of God's anger.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GazaPhilistia · cityPalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
Gaza
Region
Philistia
The southernmost of the five Philistine cities and a caravan gateway to Egypt, where the blinded Samson pulled down the temple of Dagon upon its lords.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GethsemaneJudea · structureIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Garden of Gethsemane
Region
Judea
Olive grove at the foot of the Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed in agony and was betrayed and arrested on the night before His crucifixion.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
HebronJudea · cityPalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
Hebron (al-Khalil)
Region
Judea
Ancient hill-country city where the patriarchs were buried in the cave of Machpelah and where David first reigned over Judah.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MegiddoGalilee · cityIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Tel Megiddo
Region
Galilee
The strategic fortress guarding the Via Maris pass into the Jezreel valley, whose name (Har Megiddo) yields the Armageddon of Revelation.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Mount CarmelCoastal Plain · mountainIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Mount Carmel
Region
Coastal Plain
The forested coastal ridge overlooking the Mediterranean where Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal and called down fire from heaven before the assembled nation.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Mount NeboTransjordan · mountainJordanstill standing
Modern name
Jabal Nibu
Region
Transjordan
The Pisgah height east of the Jordan from which Moses viewed the Promised Land he would not enter, and where he died and was buried.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Nile RiverNorth Africa · waterEgyptstill standing
Modern name
Nile River
Region
North Africa
The great river of Egypt, cradle of the infant Moses among the reeds and the first of the waters turned to blood in the plagues.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
PhilippiMacedonia · cityGreeceno longer exists
Modern name
Philippi (ruins near Krinides)
Region
Macedonia
The leading Roman colony of Macedonia and site of Europe's first church, where Lydia was converted, Paul and Silas were imprisoned, and the jailer believed.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
SmyrnaAsia Minor · cityTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
İzmir
Region
Asia Minor
A prosperous Aegean port (modern İzmir) and one of the seven churches, praised by Christ as poor yet rich amid persecution and promised the crown of life if faithful unto death (Revelation 2:8–11).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
UrMesopotamia · cityIraqno longer exists
Modern name
Tell el-Muqayyar
Region
Mesopotamia
The ancient Sumerian city in lower Mesopotamia from which Abram set out for Canaan, remembered as the birthplace of the patriarch's journey of faith.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
DanGalilee · cityIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Tel Dan
Region
Galilee
The northernmost Israelite city that fixed the proverbial span 'from Dan to Beersheba' and housed one of Jeroboam's golden-calf shrines.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
HaranMesopotamia · cityTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Harran
Region
Mesopotamia
The caravan city of upper Mesopotamia where Terah's family settled and where Abraham, and later Jacob, lingered on the road between Ur and Canaan.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
LaodiceaAsia Minor · cityTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Laodicea ruins (near Denizli)
Region
Asia Minor
Laodicea on the Lycus, a wealthy banking and textile city near Colossae and Hierapolis, rebuked as neither cold nor hot but lukewarm and counseled to buy gold refined in the fire (Revelation 3:14–22).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MoabTransjordan · regionJordanstill standing
Modern name
West-central Jordan
Region
Transjordan
The plateau kingdom east of the Dead Sea descended from Lot, home of Ruth and setting of Balaam's oracles, often at war with Israel.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
PergamumAsia Minor · cityTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Bergama
Region
Asia Minor
The provincial capital crowned by a monumental altar of Zeus, addressed as the church dwelling 'where Satan's throne is,' commended for holding fast Christ's name yet rebuked for tolerating false teaching (Revelation 2:12–17).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
PersiaPersia · regionIranstill standing
Modern name
Iran
Region
Persia
The empire of Cyrus and his successors that overthrew Babylon and, by royal decree, released the exiles of Judah to rebuild Jerusalem.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
SamariaSamaria · cityPalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
Sebastia
Region
Samaria
The hilltop capital of the northern kingdom founded by Omri and rebuilt in splendor by Herod the Great as Sebaste.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ShilohSamaria · townPalestinian Territoriesno longer exists
Modern name
Khirbet Seilun
Region
Samaria
The hill-country sanctuary where the tabernacle stood through the era of the judges and where the boy Samuel ministered until the ark was lost to the Philistines.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
SodomTransjordan · cityJordanno longer exists
Modern name
Unknown (disputed; candidate Bab edh-Dhra)
Region
Transjordan
One of the cities of the plain destroyed by fire for its wickedness; its precise location remains unidentified, with Bab edh-Dhra a leading candidate among scholars.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ThessalonicaMacedonia · cityGreecestill standing
Modern name
Thessaloniki
Region
Macedonia
The capital of Macedonia where Paul preached in the synagogue and founded a church he addressed in two of his earliest epistles.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
EdomTransjordan · regionJordanstill standing
Modern name
Southern Jordan (Seir highlands)
Region
Transjordan
The mountainous land of Esau's descendants south of Moab, a persistent adversary of Israel and the object of Obadiah's oracle of judgment.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GathPhilistia · cityIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Tell es-Safi
Region
Philistia
Home of the giant Goliath and one of the five Philistine capitals, identified with Tell es-Safi, to which David twice fled for refuge from Saul.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GileadTransjordan · regionJordanstill standing
Modern name
Ajloun / Balqa highlands
Region
Transjordan
The rugged, forested highland east of the Jordan allotted to Reuben, Gad, and half-Manasseh, famed for its healing balm.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
SardisAsia Minor · cityTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Sart
Region
Asia Minor
The old capital of Lydia and once the seat of Croesus, addressed as the church with a name for being alive though it was dead, summoned to wake and strengthen what remained (Revelation 3:1–6).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
BethanyJudea · villagePalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
al-Eizariya
Region
Judea
Village on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, where Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
BethsaidaGalilee · townIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
et-Tell
Region
Galilee
A fishing town at the mouth of the Jordan, home of the apostles Peter, Andrew, and Philip, and another of the towns Jesus rebuked; its exact tell (et-Tell) remains debated.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Caesarea PhilippiGalilee · cityIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Banias (Paneas)
Region
Galilee
The city at the foot of Mount Hermon by the springs of the Jordan where Peter confessed Jesus as the Christ; not to be confused with Caesarea Maritima on the Mediterranean coast.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Euphrates RiverMesopotamia · waterIraq / Syria / Türkiyestill standing
Modern name
Euphrates
Region
Mesopotamia
The greatest river of the biblical world, one of Eden's four streams and the ideal northern boundary of the land promised to Abraham's seed.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GomorrahTransjordan · cityJordanno longer exists
Modern name
Unknown (disputed; candidate Numeira)
Region
Transjordan
Sodom's twin among the cities of the plain, likewise overthrown for its sin; its site is unidentified, with Numeira sometimes proposed but not established.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Mount ZionJudea · mountainIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Mount Zion
Region
Judea
The hill of Jerusalem that came to bear the name Zion, celebrated throughout Scripture as the city of God and honored by tradition as the site of the upper room.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
PhiladelphiaAsia Minor · cityTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Alaşehir
Region
Asia Minor
Philadelphia in Lydia (modern Alaşehir) — not the Philadelphia of Ammon (Rabbah) in Transjordan — the faithful church of little strength set before an open door that none can shut, kept from the hour of trial (Revelation 3:7–13).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
RamesesNorth Africa · cityEgyptno longer exists
Modern name
Qantir
Region
North Africa
The Egyptian store-city built by Israelite labor and the mustering point from which the Exodus began, identified with Pi-Ramesse at modern Qantir and not to be confused with nearby Zoan (Tanis).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
SusaPersia · cityIranstill standing
Modern name
Shush
Region
Persia
The Elamite city that became a royal capital of Persia, the setting of Esther's court and of Daniel's and Nehemiah's service to the great king.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AlexandriaNorth Africa · cityEgyptstill standing
Modern name
Alexandria
Region
North Africa
The Hellenistic port and great center of the Jewish diaspora, home of the eloquent Apollos and namesake of the grain-ships that bore Paul toward Rome.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AmmonTransjordan · regionJordanstill standing
Modern name
Amman region
Region
Transjordan
The kingdom of the Ammonites east of Gilead, descended from Lot, whose capital was Rabbah and whose conflicts run from the judges to the prophets.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Antioch of PisidiaAsia Minor · cityTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Pisidian Antioch ruins (near Yalvaç)
Region
Asia Minor
Pisidian Antioch (modern Yalvaç), a Roman colony in the Phrygian–Pisidian borderland and wholly distinct from Syrian Antioch (antioch-syria), where Paul delivered his great synagogue sermon and, when rejected, turned to the Gentiles (Acts 13:14–52).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AraratMesopotamia · regionTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Mount Ararat (Ağrı Dağı) / ancient Urartu
Region
Mesopotamia
The mountainous kingdom of Urartu on whose heights Noah's ark came to rest, in what is today eastern Türkiye; the traditional peak of Mount Ararat marks the region approximately.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AshdodPhilistia · cityIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Ashdod
Region
Philistia
One of the five Philistine capitals, where the captured Ark of the Covenant toppled the idol Dagon, later known in Greek as Azotus on the road of Philip's evangelism.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AshkelonPhilistia · cityIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Ashkelon
Region
Philistia
A Philistine seaport and pentapolis city on the Mediterranean, the scene of Samson's exploits and a recurring object of the prophets' oracles against Philistia.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
BethelJudea · townPalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
Beitin
Region
Judea
The hill-country sanctuary where Jacob dreamed of the heavenly ladder, later made a center of idolatrous worship by the northern kingdom.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
CanaGalilee · villageIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Kafr Kanna
Region
Galilee
The Galilean village where Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding and later healed the nobleman's son, and the home of Nathanael; two sites vie for the identification.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GoshenNorth Africa · regionEgyptstill standing
Modern name
eastern Nile Delta
Region
North Africa
The fertile northeastern delta district granted to Jacob's family, where Israel settled among their flocks and multiplied into a nation.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
HazorGalilee · cityIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Tel Hazor
Region
Galilee
The greatest of the Canaanite city-states, 'the head of all those kingdoms,' which Joshua burned and Solomon later refortified.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Kadesh-barneaSinai · townEgyptno longer exists
Modern name
Ein el-Qudeirat (proposed)
Region
Sinai
The wilderness oasis from which the twelve spies were sent and where Israel lingered a generation; most locate it at Ein el-Qudeirat, though the identification is only probable.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MesopotamiaMesopotamia · regionIraqstill standing
Modern name
Iraq / Syria
Region
Mesopotamia
The broad land between the Tigris and Euphrates, ancestral homeland of the patriarchs and cradle of the empires that shaped Israel's history.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MidianArabia · regionSaudi Arabiastill standing
Modern name
Northwestern Arabia
Region
Arabia
The desert homeland of Abraham's sons by Keturah in northwestern Arabia, where Moses fled, married Zipporah, and met God at the burning bush.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
PatmosAegean · islandGreecestill standing
Modern name
Patmos
Region
Aegean
The small Aegean island to which John was exiled and where he received the visions of the Revelation.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Rabbah of the AmmonitesTransjordan · cityJordanstill standing
Modern name
Amman (Citadel)
Region
Transjordan
The fortified Ammonite capital before whose walls Uriah the Hittite was killed by David's design, later refounded as the Decapolis city Philadelphia.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ThyatiraAsia Minor · cityTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Akhisar
Region
Asia Minor
A Lydian guild city, home town of Lydia the seller of purple (Acts 16:14), whose church Christ commends for its growing love and works yet rebukes for tolerating the prophetess 'Jezebel' (Revelation 2:18–29).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
TiberiasGalilee · cityIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Tiberias (Tveria)
Region
Galilee
The lakeside capital Herod Antipas founded and named for the emperor Tiberius, which gave the Sea of Galilee its alternate name and later became a center of rabbinic learning.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AsiaAsia Minor · regionTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Western Anatolia
Region
Asia Minor
The Roman province of western Asia Minor whose capital was Ephesus, where Paul's ministry reached 'all who dwelt in Asia' (Acts 19:10) and to whose seven churches John addressed the Revelation (Revelation 1:4, 11).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
BashanSyria · regionSyria / Israelstill standing
Modern name
Golan / Hauran
Region
Syria
The fertile volcanic plateau north of Gilead, kingdom of the giant Og, proverbial for its oaks, cattle, and rams.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Beth-sheanDecapolis · cityIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Beit She'an (Scythopolis)
Region
Decapolis
The commanding fortress at the meeting of the Jezreel and Jordan valleys where the Philistines displayed Saul's body, later refounded as the Decapolis city of Scythopolis.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Mount GerizimSamaria · mountainPalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
Har Gerizim (Jebel et-Tur)
Region
Samaria
The mountain of blessing opposite Ebal, revered by the Samaritans as their holy place and temple site, alluded to by the woman at the well.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ColossaeAsia Minor · townTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Colossae (unexcavated mound near Honaz)
Region
Asia Minor
A declining Phrygian town in the Lycus valley, never visited by Paul yet addressed in his epistle to the Colossians against a syncretistic 'philosophy' that diminished the supremacy of Christ (Colossians 1:2; 2:8).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
CyprusMediterranean · islandCyprusstill standing
Modern name
Cyprus
Region
Mediterranean
The Mediterranean island that was the home of Barnabas and the first field of the missionary journey he made with Paul.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
EkronPhilistia · cityIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Tel Miqne
Region
Philistia
The northernmost Philistine capital, final resting place of the plague-stricken Ark and seat of the oracle Baal-zebub, identified with Tel Miqne.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
EmmausJudea · villageIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Emmaus-Nicopolis (Imwas)
Region
Judea
The village on the road from Jerusalem where the risen Jesus was made known to two disciples in the breaking of bread.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
En-gediJudea · villageIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Ein Gedi
Region
Judea
The lush freshwater oasis on the western shore of the Dead Sea where David hid from Saul and spared his life in a cave.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GerasaDecapolis · cityJordanstill standing
Modern name
Jerash
Region
Decapolis
A leading city of the Decapolis whose colonnaded ruins survive at Jerash, associated in some manuscripts with the healing of the demoniac among the tombs.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Jabbok RiverTransjordan · waterJordanstill standing
Modern name
Wadi Zarqa (Nahr ez-Zarqa)
Region
Transjordan
The tributary of the Jordan at whose ford Jacob wrestled through the night with God, and which marked the border of Ammon.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
LachishJudea · cityIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Tel Lachish
Region
Judea
The great fortified city of the Judean Shephelah, second only to Jerusalem, besieged and taken by Sennacherib of Assyria and later by Babylon.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MaltaMediterranean · islandMaltastill standing
Modern name
Malta
Region
Mediterranean
The central Mediterranean island where Paul was shipwrecked and, unharmed by a viper, healed the father of Publius, its landing traditionally placed at St. Paul's Bay.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Mount TaborGalilee · mountainIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Mount Tabor (Har Tavor)
Region
Galilee
The rounded, isolated peak rising from the Jezreel plain where Barak mustered his forces against Sisera and which tradition honors as the site of the Transfiguration.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Bethany Beyond the JordanTransjordan · villageJordanno longer exists
Modern name
Al-Maghtas
Region
Transjordan
The place across the Jordan where John was baptizing when he pointed to Jesus, and to which Jesus later withdrew, distinct from Bethany near Jerusalem.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GalatiaAsia Minor · regionTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Central Anatolia
Region
Asia Minor
The central Anatolian region evangelized by Paul and addressed in his epistle to the Galatians, and named among the dispersion churches of 1 Peter (Acts 16:6; Galatians 1:2; 1 Peter 1:1).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Jacob's WellSamaria · structurePalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
Bir Ya'qub
Region
Samaria
The deep well beside Sychar where Jesus, weary from the journey, asked the Samaritan woman for a drink and offered her living water.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
JezreelGalilee · townIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Tel Yizre'el
Region
Galilee
Ahab's royal winter city overlooking the valley that bears its name, remembered for Naboth's vineyard and the violent end of Jezebel.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
LystraAsia Minor · townTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Lystra mound (near Hatunsaray)
Region
Asia Minor
A Lycaonian town where Paul healed a man lame from birth and was hailed as Hermes, then stoned and dragged out for dead, and later the home of Timothy (Acts 14:6–20; 16:1).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MacedoniaMacedonia · regionGreecestill standing
Modern name
Macedonia (northern Greece)
Region
Macedonia
The northern Roman province of Greece into which Paul was summoned by a vision, evangelizing Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Pool of SiloamJudea · structureIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Pool of Siloam (Silwan)
Region
Judea
The reservoir at the mouth of Hezekiah's tunnel in the City of David, where Jesus sent a man born blind to wash and receive his sight.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
QumranJudea · villagePalestinian Territoriesno longer exists
Modern name
Khirbet Qumran
Region
Judea
The wilderness settlement above the Dead Sea, plausibly the biblical Secacah, where a Second Temple sectarian community preserved the Dead Sea Scrolls.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
The NegevNegev · regionIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Negev Desert
Region
Negev
The arid steppe south of the Judean hill country through which the patriarchs sojourned and along which Judah's southernmost towns were strung.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Tigris RiverMesopotamia · waterIraq / Türkiyestill standing
Modern name
Tigris
Region
Mesopotamia
The eastern of the two great rivers of Eden, called Hiddekel in Genesis, on whose banks Daniel received his vision of the latter days.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
TroasAsia Minor · cityTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Alexandria Troas ruins (Odunluk İskelesi)
Region
Asia Minor
Alexandria Troas, the Aegean harbor where Paul saw the vision of the man of Macedonia calling him westward (Acts 16:8–11) and later raised Eutychus after preaching until midnight (Acts 20:6–12).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ZarephathPhoenicia · townLebanonno longer exists
Modern name
Sarafand
Region
Phoenicia
A small Phoenician town between Tyre and Sidon where the prophet Elijah lodged with a widow whose meal and oil were miraculously sustained through the famine.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AramSyria · regionSyriastill standing
Modern name
Syria
Region
Syria
The land of the Aramean kingdoms north and east of Israel, rendered 'Syria' in older translations and Israel's frequent rival from the days of David.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
BereaMacedonia · cityGreecestill standing
Modern name
Veria
Region
Macedonia
The Macedonian town whose synagogue hearers Luke praises as more noble than those of Thessalonica for searching the Scriptures daily.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ChaldeaMesopotamia · regionIraqstill standing
Modern name
Southern Iraq
Region
Mesopotamia
The marshy south of Babylonia whose people rose to rule the Neo-Babylonian empire, the homeland from which Abraham was first called out.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GerarPhilistia · townIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Tel Haror
Region
Philistia
A Philistine frontier town in the western Negev where both Abraham and Isaac sojourned among the Abimelechs and where Asa later routed the Cushite army.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GibeonJudea · townPalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
el-Jib
Region
Judea
The Hivite city that tricked Israel into a treaty and above which the sun stood still for Joshua; later the great high place where Solomon sought wisdom.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
IconiumAsia Minor · cityTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Konya
Region
Asia Minor
A city of Lycaonia (modern Konya) where Paul and Barnabas preached so boldly that a great number believed, until a plot to stone them forced their flight (Acts 14:1–6; 2 Timothy 3:11).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MagdalaGalilee · townIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Migdal
Region
Galilee
A prosperous fishing and fish-salting town on the western shore of the lake, the home of Mary Magdalene.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MasadaJudea · mountainIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Masada
Region
Judea
An isolated mesa above the Dead Sea in the country of David's desert strongholds, later fortified by Herod the Great and famed as the Zealots' last stand against Rome.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MediaPersia · regionIranstill standing
Modern name
Northwestern Iran
Region
Persia
The mountainous land northwest of Persia whose people joined the Persians to overthrow Babylon, fulfilling Daniel's vision of a divided kingdom.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MemphisNorth Africa · cityEgyptno longer exists
Modern name
Mit Rahina
Region
North Africa
The ancient capital of Lower Egypt, called Noph by the prophets, whose idols and coming desolation Ezekiel and Jeremiah proclaimed.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MiletusAsia Minor · cityTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Miletus ruins (Balat)
Region
Asia Minor
An ancient Ionian port south of Ephesus where Paul, hastening to Jerusalem, summoned the Ephesian elders and gave his moving farewell charge (Acts 20:15–38).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Mount GilboaGalilee · mountainIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Mount Gilboa (Har HaGilboa)
Region
Galilee
The ridge above the Jezreel valley where Saul and his sons fell before the Philistines and over which David sang his lament for the fallen.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Mount HermonGalilee · mountainLebanon / Syria / Israelstill standing
Modern name
Mount Hermon (Jebel esh-Sheikh)
Region
Galilee
The snow-capped massif marking the northern limit of Israel's conquest, praised in the Psalms for the dew that descends from its heights.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Plains of MoabTransjordan · regionJordanstill standing
Modern name
Plains of Moab (Jordan Valley)
Region
Transjordan
The lowland steppe on the east bank of the Jordan opposite Jericho where Israel encamped before the conquest and where Moses delivered his final addresses.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Pool of BethesdaJudea · structureIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Bethesda Pools (by St. Anne's Church)
Region
Judea
The twin porticoed pools by the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem where Jesus healed a man who had been infirm for thirty-eight years.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ShebaArabia · regionYemenstill standing
Modern name
Yemen (Marib) / NW Arabia (debated)
Region
Arabia
The rich kingdom of spices and gold whose queen came to test Solomon's wisdom; its location is debated between southwestern Arabia (Yemen) and northwestern Arabia.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
SycharSamaria · villagePalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
'Askar
Region
Samaria
The Samaritan village near Jacob's well and the plot of ground Jacob gave Joseph, where Jesus spoke with the woman of Samaria.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Acco (Ptolemais)Coastal Plain · cityIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Acre (Akko)
Region
Coastal Plain
The principal harbor of the Bay of Haifa that Asher failed to dispossess, refounded in the Hellenistic age as Ptolemais where Paul greeted the brethren on his final voyage to Jerusalem.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AnathothJudea · villagePalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
Anata
Region
Judea
The priestly town of Benjamin north of Jerusalem that was the birthplace of the prophet Jeremiah.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ArabiaArabia · regionSaudi Arabiastill standing
Modern name
Arabian Peninsula
Region
Arabia
The vast peninsula of deserts and caravan kingdoms southeast of Canaan, whose kings paid tribute to Solomon and to whose wilderness Paul withdrew after his call.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
BethphageJudea · villagePalestinian Territoriesno longer exists
Modern name
Bethphage (et-Tur vicinity)
Region
Judea
Small settlement on the Mount of Olives from which Jesus sent for the colt and began His triumphal entry into Jerusalem.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
CreteAegean · islandGreecestill standing
Modern name
Crete
Region
Aegean
The large Aegean island past which Paul sailed under guard and where he later left Titus to appoint elders in every city.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
HierapolisAsia Minor · cityTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Pamukkale (Hierapolis ruins)
Region
Asia Minor
A Phrygian spa city above the white travertine terraces of Pamukkale, named with Laodicea and Colossae as a place for which Epaphras labored earnestly in prayer (Colossians 4:13).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
PenielTransjordan · townJordanno longer exists
Modern name
Tulul adh-Dhahab
Region
Transjordan
The place above the Jabbok where Jacob named the site 'the face of God' after wrestling till daybreak, later fortified by Jeroboam.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Ramoth-gileadTransjordan · cityJordanno longer exists
Modern name
Unknown (Tell er-Rumeith area)
Region
Transjordan
A Levitical city of refuge in Gilead, repeatedly contested between Israel and Aram, where Ahab fell in battle and Jehu was anointed king.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Thebes (No-amon)North Africa · cityEgyptstill standing
Modern name
Luxor
Region
North Africa
The great Upper Egyptian capital and cult city of Amun, called No or No-amon, whose fall the prophets invoked as a warning to the nations.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
TimnahPhilistia · townIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Tel Batash
Region
Philistia
A border town in the Sorek valley between Judah and Philistia where Samson sought his first wife and slew a lion, identified with Tel Batash.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Valley of HinnomJudea · valleyIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Hinnom Valley (Wadi er-Rababi)
Region
Judea
The valley south and west of Jerusalem, defiled by child sacrifice at Topheth and so becoming Gehenna, the New Testament image of final judgment.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AdullamJudea · townIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Khirbet esh-Sheikh Madhkur (vicinity)
Region
Judea
The Canaanite royal town of the Shephelah beside whose cave David gathered his band of outcasts into a fighting force.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GadaraDecapolis · cityJordanno longer exists
Modern name
Umm Qais
Region
Decapolis
A Decapolis city overlooking the Sea of Galilee, remembered in the Gospels for the country of the Gadarenes where Jesus freed a man possessed by a legion of demons.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GibeahJudea · townPalestinian Territoriesno longer exists
Modern name
Tell el-Ful
Region
Judea
The Benjamite town infamous for the outrage of the Levite's concubine and later the royal seat of King Saul.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Kiriath-jearimJudea · townIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Deir el-Azar (Abu Ghosh)
Region
Judea
The Gibeonite hill town where the ark of the covenant rested for twenty years before David carried it up to Jerusalem.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MizpahJudea · townPalestinian Territoriesno longer exists
Modern name
Tell en-Nasbeh
Region
Judea
The Benjamite height where Samuel gathered Israel to repentance and where Gedaliah governed the remnant after Jerusalem's fall.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
TekoaJudea · townPalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
Tuqu'
Region
Judea
The Judean hill town on the desert edge, home of the wise woman summoned by Joab and birthplace of the prophet Amos.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AiJudea · townPalestinian Territoriesno longer exists
Modern name
et-Tell
Region
Judea
The Canaanite town near Bethel that repelled Israel after Achan's sin and was then destroyed by Joshua's ambush.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AsshurMesopotamia · cityIraqno longer exists
Modern name
Qal'at Sherqat
Region
Mesopotamia
The oldest capital and religious heart of Assyria on the west bank of the Tigris, from which the nation and its national god took their name.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ByblosPhoenicia · cityLebanonstill standing
Modern name
Jbeil (Byblos)
Region
Phoenicia
The ancient Phoenician port of Gebal, whose skilled stonemasons and shipwrights aided the building of Solomon's Temple and which antiquity renowned for its papyrus trade.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
CappadociaAsia Minor · regionTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Cappadocia (Nevşehir region)
Region
Asia Minor
A highland region of eastern Asia Minor whose Jewish pilgrims were present at Pentecost and whose scattered believers received Peter's first epistle (Acts 2:9; 1 Peter 1:1).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ChorazinGalilee · townIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Korazim (Khirbet Karraza)
Region
Galilee
A hillside Galilean town north of Capernaum, the third of the 'woe cities' condemned by Jesus for rejecting His mighty works.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
DerbeAsia Minor · townTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Kerti Höyük (near Karaman)
Region
Asia Minor
The easternmost city reached on Paul's first journey in Lycaonia, where he made many disciples before retracing his steps, and the home of Gaius (Acts 14:20–21; 20:4).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
DothanSamaria · townPalestinian Territoriesno longer exists
Modern name
Tell Dothan
Region
Samaria
The pasture town where Joseph's brothers sold him to Ishmaelite traders and where Elisha's servant saw the hills full of fiery horses and chariots.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ElamPersia · regionIranstill standing
Modern name
Khuzestan, Iran
Region
Persia
The ancient kingdom east of the Tigris whose king Chedorlaomer campaigned in Abraham's day, later a province from which exiled Jews came to Pentecost.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
EphraimJudea · townPalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
Taybeh
Region
Judea
The hill-country town on the wilderness edge to which Jesus withdrew with His disciples before His final Passover.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Ezion-geberNegev · townIsrael / Jordanno longer exists
Modern name
near Aqaba / Eilat
Region
Negev
A port at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba, a station of the wilderness march and later Solomon's shipyard for the Ophir trade; its identification with Tell el-Kheleifeh remains debated.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
HamathSyria · citySyriastill standing
Modern name
Hama
Region
Syria
The great Aramean city on the Orontes marking the ideal northern limit of Israel's land, whose king brought gifts to David and whose fall Amos foretold.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Kidron ValleyJudea · valleyIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Kidron Valley (Wadi al-Joz)
Region
Judea
The deep ravine between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives that David crossed in flight from Absalom and Jesus crossed on the way to Gethsemane.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
LyddaCoastal Plain · townIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Lod
Region
Coastal Plain
A town on the Plain of Sharon at the Jaffa-Jerusalem crossroads, resettled after the exile and remembered in Acts as the place where Peter healed the paralytic Aeneas.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MahanaimTransjordan · townJordanno longer exists
Modern name
Unknown
Region
Transjordan
The Gileadite town named 'two camps' by Jacob, which served as Ish-bosheth's seat and as David's refuge during Absalom's revolt.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Mount EbalSamaria · mountainPalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
Har Eval (Jebel Eslamiyeh)
Region
Samaria
The mountain of cursing above Shechem where Joshua built an altar and inscribed the law upon plastered stones.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Mount HorTransjordan · mountainJordanstill standing
Modern name
Jebel Harun (traditional)
Region
Transjordan
The mountain on the border of Edom, traditionally Jebel Harun near Petra, where Aaron died and the high priesthood passed to Eleazar.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
NainGalilee · villageIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Nein
Region
Galilee
A small village on the northern slope of the hill of Moreh where Jesus raised a widow's only son from his funeral bier.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
On (Heliopolis)North Africa · cityEgyptno longer exists
Modern name
Heliopolis (Cairo)
Region
North Africa
The center of Egyptian sun-worship whose priest Potiphera gave his daughter Asenath to Joseph, and whose sacred pillars Jeremiah foretold would be shattered.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Plain of SharonCoastal Plain · regionIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Sharon Plain
Region
Coastal Plain
The fertile coastal lowland between Joppa and Mount Carmel, proverbial for its rose and its lush pasture and named as the setting of Peter's healing ministry.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
RamahJudea · townPalestinian Territoriesstill standing
Modern name
er-Ram
Region
Judea
The Benjamite town on the road north of Jerusalem, fortified in the wars between Judah and Israel and remembered in Jeremiah's cry of Rachel weeping for her children.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ShinarMesopotamia · regionIraqstill standing
Modern name
Southern Iraq
Region
Mesopotamia
The alluvial plain of southern Mesopotamia where Babel was built and the tower raised, later the seat of Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AradNegev · cityIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Tel Arad
Region
Negev
A Canaanite city-state of the eastern Negev whose king attacked Israel, its excavated tell preserving a rare Israelite sanctuary.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
CarchemishMesopotamia · cityTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Karkamış / Jerablus
Region
Mesopotamia
The strategic Euphrates crossing where Nebuchadnezzar crushed Pharaoh Necho's army, the decisive battle that opened the age of Babylonian supremacy.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
CiliciaAsia Minor · regionTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Çukurova (southern Anatolia)
Region
Asia Minor
The southeastern coastal region whose capital was Tarsus, Paul's native province, which he strengthened after the Jerusalem council (Acts 15:41; 22:3; Galatians 1:21).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
EndorGalilee · villageIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Endor (near Khirbet Safsafa)
Region
Galilee
The village on the far side of Gilboa where Saul, on the eve of his death, secretly consulted a medium to summon Samuel.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
HeshbonTransjordan · cityJordanno longer exists
Modern name
Tell Hesban
Region
Transjordan
Royal city of the Amorite king Sihon, later held by Reuben, Gad, and Moab, and praised for its pools in the Song of Songs.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Jabesh-gileadTransjordan · townJordanno longer exists
Modern name
Unknown
Region
Transjordan
The Gileadite town rescued by Saul in his first act as king, whose men later recovered his body from the wall of Beth-shan.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ShunemGalilee · villageIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Sulam
Region
Galilee
The village on the hill of Moreh, home of the hospitable Shunammite woman whose son Elisha raised and of Abishag who tended King David.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ZiklagNegev · townIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Tel Sera (proposed)
Region
Negev
A Negev town assigned to Judah and later granted to David by the Philistine Achish as his refuge and raiding base; the identification with Tel Sera is probable but disputed.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AchaiaGreece · regionGreecestill standing
Modern name
Achaia (southern Greece)
Region
Greece
The southern Roman province of Greece whose capital was Corinth and whose proconsul Gallio dismissed the charges brought against Paul.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AphekCoastal Plain · townIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Antipatris (Tel Afek)
Region
Coastal Plain
The spring-fed town on the Sharon frontier where the Philistines captured the ark of the covenant, later rebuilt by Herod as Antipatris, a stop on Paul's night journey to Caesarea.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
BithyniaAsia Minor · regionTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Northwestern Anatolia
Region
Asia Minor
A northern region on the Black Sea approaches that Paul was forbidden by the Spirit to enter, yet later counted among the churches of Peter's dispersion (Acts 16:7; 1 Peter 1:1).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
CalahMesopotamia · cityIraqno longer exists
Modern name
Nimrud
Region
Mesopotamia
A principal Assyrian royal city on the Tigris, counted within the tradition of Nimrod and serving as a capital of the empire before Nineveh.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
DorCoastal Plain · townIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Tel Dor (Khirbet el-Burj)
Region
Coastal Plain
A Canaanite and later Israelite harbor town on the Carmel coast whose king joined the northern coalition against Joshua and which became a Solomonic district center.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MyraAsia Minor · cityTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Demre (Myra ruins)
Region
Asia Minor
A harbor city of Lycia (modern Demre) where the centurion escorting Paul to Rome transferred him and the other prisoners to an Alexandrian grain ship (Acts 27:5–6).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
NeapolisMacedonia · cityGreecestill standing
Modern name
Kavala
Region
Macedonia
The Macedonian seaport where Paul first set foot in Europe after his Troas vision, serving as the harbor of nearby Philippi.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
PergaAsia Minor · cityTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Perge ruins (near Aksu)
Region
Asia Minor
The chief city of Pamphylia where John Mark departed from Paul and Barnabas, and where they later preached the word on their return to the coast (Acts 13:13–14; 14:25).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
RephidimSinai · wildernessEgyptno longer exists
Modern name
southern Sinai (uncertain)
Region
Sinai
The camp near Horeb where water sprang from the smitten rock and Joshua defeated Amalek while Moses' hands were upheld; the exact location is unknown and here only approximated.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
RhodesAegean · islandGreecestill standing
Modern name
Rhodes
Region
Aegean
The Aegean island port at which Paul's ship called on his voyage from Greece toward Jerusalem.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
River ChebarMesopotamia · waterIraqno longer exists
Modern name
Kabaru canal (near Nippur)
Region
Mesopotamia
A canal of Babylonia near Nippur among the exiles of Judah, where Ezekiel saw the heavens opened and beheld the visions of God; its course is only approximately known.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ZoarTransjordan · townJordanno longer exists
Modern name
Unknown (Ghor es-Safi area)
Region
Transjordan
The little city of the plain to which Lot fled and which was spared for his sake, later a byword in the prophets' laments over Moab.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Arnon RiverTransjordan · waterJordanstill standing
Modern name
Wadi Mujib
Region
Transjordan
The deep gorge-cut stream flowing into the Dead Sea that formed the historic boundary between Moab and the Amorite kingdom to the north.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ErechMesopotamia · cityIraqno longer exists
Modern name
Warka
Region
Mesopotamia
One of the earliest cities of the plain of Shinar, listed among the foundations of Nimrod's kingdom and home to the deportees called Archevites in Ezra.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GreeceGreece · regionGreecestill standing
Modern name
Greece
Region
Greece
The Hellenic land of the provinces of Macedonia and Achaia, evangelized by Paul and named in Daniel's prophecy of the Grecian empire.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
PithomNorth Africa · cityEgyptno longer exists
Modern name
Wadi Tumilat (Tell el-Retaba / Tell el-Maskhuta)
Region
North Africa
The second store-city built by Israelite slaves in the Wadi Tumilat, variously located at Tell el-Retaba or Tell el-Maskhuta and so identified only approximately.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AssosAsia Minor · townTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Behramkale
Region
Asia Minor
A fortified coastal town of Mysia where Paul rejoined his companions after traveling on foot before sailing down the Asian coast toward Jerusalem (Acts 20:13–14).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
CenchreaeGreece · townGreecestill standing
Modern name
Kechries
Region
Greece
The eastern harbor of Corinth on the Saronic Gulf, where Paul had his hair cut off in a vow and from whose church Phoebe the deaconess was commended.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
EcbatanaPersia · cityIranstill standing
Modern name
Hamadan
Region
Persia
The Median capital in the highlands where, in its archives, the decree of Cyrus authorizing the rebuilding of the Temple was rediscovered.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
PaphosMediterranean · cityCyprusstill standing
Modern name
Paphos
Region
Mediterranean
The western capital of Cyprus where Paul struck the sorcerer Elymas blind and the proconsul Sergius Paulus believed.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
PontusAsia Minor · regionTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Black Sea coast (northern Anatolia)
Region
Asia Minor
A region along the southern Black Sea coast, home of Aquila, whose pilgrims heard the gospel at Pentecost and whose believers were addressed by Peter (Acts 2:9; Acts 18:2; 1 Peter 1:1).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Succoth (Egypt)North Africa · townEgyptno longer exists
Modern name
Tell el-Maskhuta (proposed)
Region
North Africa
The first Exodus station beyond Rameses in the Wadi Tumilat (Tell el-Maskhuta), distinct from the Transjordan Succoth (registered as succoth-transjordan) and by some scholars equated with Pithom.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
TadmorSyria · citySyriastill standing
Modern name
Palmyra (Tadmur)
Region
Syria
The desert oasis and caravan station that Solomon built up in the wilderness of Syria, famed in later ages as the great city of Palmyra.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
TahpanhesNorth Africa · cityEgyptno longer exists
Modern name
Tell Defenneh (proposed)
Region
North Africa
A fortress-city of the eastern Egyptian delta where Judean refugees carried Jeremiah after Jerusalem's fall, and against which he pronounced Nebuchadnezzar's coming.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
TirzahSamaria · townPalestinian Territoriesno longer exists
Modern name
Tell el-Far'ah (North)
Region
Samaria
The early capital of the northern kingdom, admired for its beauty in the Song of Solomon, before Omri moved his throne to Samaria.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ElimSinai · wildernessEgyptno longer exists
Modern name
Wadi Gharandel (proposed)
Region
Sinai
The Exodus oasis of twelve springs and seventy palm trees where Israel encamped by the water; its location, often tied to Wadi Gharandel, is approximate.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AttaliaAsia Minor · cityTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Antalya
Region
Asia Minor
The principal Pamphylian seaport (modern Antalya) from which Paul and Barnabas sailed back to Antioch at the close of their first journey (Acts 14:25–26).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Fair HavensAegean · waterGreecestill standing
Modern name
Kaloi Limenes
Region
Aegean
The harbor on the south coast of Crete where Paul warned that the onward voyage would bring disaster before the ship was caught by the tempest.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MarahSinai · wildernessEgyptno longer exists
Modern name
northwestern Sinai (uncertain)
Region
Sinai
The first station beyond the sea, where the LORD sweetened the bitter waters for the thirsting people; its site is uncertain and only approximately fixed.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
PataraAsia Minor · cityTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Patara ruins (near Gelemiş)
Region
Asia Minor
A major Lycian port where Paul, bound for Jerusalem, boarded a ship crossing the open sea to Phoenicia (Acts 21:1–2).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
PuteoliItaly · cityItalystill standing
Modern name
Pozzuoli
Region
Italy
The Bay of Naples port where Paul landed in Italy and stayed seven days with fellow believers before the road to Rome.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
RiblahSyria · townSyriastill standing
Modern name
Ribleh
Region
Syria
The town on the Orontes where Nebuchadnezzar set his headquarters, slew Zedekiah's sons before his eyes, and put out the last king of Judah's sight.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Wilderness of ParanSinai · wildernessEgyptstill standing
Modern name
eastern Sinai desert
Region
Sinai
The vast desert south of Canaan where Ishmael dwelt and from which Moses dispatched the spies; a broad region rather than a single point.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Wilderness of SinSinai · wildernessEgyptstill standing
Modern name
southwestern Sinai
Region
Sinai
The desert between Elim and Sinai where the LORD first rained down manna and quail, to be distinguished from the Wilderness of Zin near Kadesh.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
DedanArabia · citySaudi Arabiano longer exists
Modern name
Al-Ula (Khuraybah)
Region
Arabia
A caravan oasis of northwestern Arabia descended from Abraham through Keturah, a trading people named in the oracles of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
GozanMesopotamia · citySyriano longer exists
Modern name
Tell Halaf
Region
Mesopotamia
The city and district on the Habor River in upper Mesopotamia where the Assyrians resettled the exiled tribes of Israel.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
PamphyliaAsia Minor · regionTürkiyestill standing
Modern name
Antalya coastal plain
Region
Asia Minor
The southern coastal plain between Lycia and Cilicia, touched on both of Paul's sea journeys and represented by pilgrims at Pentecost (Acts 2:10; 13:13; 27:5).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
SalamisMediterranean · cityCyprusno longer exists
Modern name
Salamis (ruins near Famagusta)
Region
Mediterranean
The chief eastern port of Cyprus where Paul and Barnabas first preached the word of God in the island's synagogues.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
SeleuciaSyria · cityTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Samandağ (ruins near Çevlik)
Region
Syria
The Mediterranean port of Syrian Antioch from which Paul and Barnabas set sail on the first missionary journey to Cyprus.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
SyracuseItaly · cityItalystill standing
Modern name
Siracusa
Region
Italy
The great port of southeastern Sicily where Paul's ship tarried three days on the final voyage to Rome.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Wilderness of ZinNegev · wildernessIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Wadi Zin region
Region
Negev
A desert tract on the southern border of Judah near Kadesh, to be distinguished from the Wilderness of Sin nearer the Red Sea, through which Israel passed on the way to Canaan.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AmphipolisMacedonia · cityGreeceno longer exists
Modern name
Amphipolis (ruins near Amfipoli)
Region
Macedonia
A Macedonian city on the Via Egnatia through which Paul and Silas passed on the road from Philippi to Thessalonica.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
JabnehPhilistia · townIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Yavne
Region
Philistia
A coastal Philistine city whose wall King Uzziah broke down, later the Hellenistic Jamnia and, after the fall of Jerusalem, the seat of the rabbinic academy at Yavne.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
TemaArabia · citySaudi Arabiastill standing
Modern name
Tayma
Region
Arabia
A watered oasis on the caravan roads of northwestern Arabia, a son of Ishmael and a byword for desert traders whose troops carried water to the thirsty.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
AccadMesopotamia · cityIraqno longer exists
Modern name
Unknown (unidentified)
Region
Mesopotamia
A founding city of Nimrod's kingdom in Shinar and the namesake of the Akkadian empire, though its precise location remains unidentified by archaeologists.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
MityleneAegean · cityGreecestill standing
Modern name
Mytilene
Region
Aegean
The chief city of the island of Lesbos where Paul's ship put in on the return voyage to Jerusalem.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
SamothraceAegean · islandGreecestill standing
Modern name
Samothraki
Region
Aegean
The mountainous Aegean island where Paul's ship anchored overnight on the crossing from Troas to Neapolis.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
CnidusAsia Minor · cityTürkiyeno longer exists
Modern name
Cnidus ruins (Datça peninsula)
Region
Asia Minor
A promontory city at the southwest tip of Asia Minor past which Paul's grain ship sailed with difficulty before turning down toward Crete (Acts 27:7).Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
OnoCoastal Plain · townIsraelstill standing
Modern name
Kiryat Ono
Region
Coastal Plain
A Benjamite town on the Plain of Sharon near Lod, rebuilt by returning exiles and named as the plain to which Nehemiah's enemies sought to lure him from his work.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
RhegiumItaly · cityItalystill standing
Modern name
Reggio Calabria
Region
Italy
The harbor on the toe of Italy at the Strait of Messina where Paul's ship called before sailing on to Puteoli.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
ApolloniaMacedonia · townGreeceno longer exists
Modern name
Apollonia (Nea Apollonia vicinity)
Region
Macedonia
A waystation on the Via Egnatia between Amphipolis and Thessalonica through which Paul travelled on his second journey.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Three TavernsItaly · townItalyno longer exists
Modern name
Tres Tabernae (site near Cisterna di Latina)
Region
Italy
A halting place on the Appian Way nearer Rome than Forum of Appius, where a second company of brethren met Paul and he took courage.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Forum of AppiusItaly · townItalyno longer exists
Modern name
Foro Appio
Region
Italy
A market station on the Appian Way some forty miles from Rome where believers came out to meet Paul on his approach to the city.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Beth-dagonPhilistia · villageIsraelno longer exists
Modern name
Bet Dagan
Region
Philistia
A Shephelah village on the Philistine border whose name honors the grain-god Dagon, listed among the towns allotted to Judah near the coastal plain, though its exact location is uncertain.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
LaseaAegean · cityGreeceno longer exists
Modern name
Lasea (ruins on southern Crete)
Region
Aegean
The Cretan city lying near the harbor of Fair Havens, noted by Luke as the nearest town during Paul's voyage.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
BabylonMesopotamia
Region
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian empire that destroyed Jerusalem and exiled Judah; in prophecy, a symbol of worldly power opposed to God.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
BethlehemJudea
Region
Judea
Birthplace of David and of Jesus the Messiah, in Judea.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
CanaanLevant
Region
Levant
The land promised to Abraham's descendants and possessed under Joshua.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
DamascusSyria
Region
Syria
Ancient Syrian city on the road where Saul of Tarsus was converted.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
EgyptNorth Africa
Region
North Africa
The land of Israel's bondage and the Exodus; a recurring biblical symbol of the world and of refuge.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Garden of EdenThe primeval garden of human innocence, the setting of creation and the fall.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
JerusalemJudea
Region
Judea
The city of David and site of the Temple; the spiritual capital of Israel and focus of biblical prophecy.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Jordan RiverLevant
Region
Levant
River crossed by Israel into Canaan and where Jesus was baptized by John.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Mount of OlivesJudea
Region
Judea
Ridge east of Jerusalem where Jesus taught, prayed in Gethsemane, and ascended.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Mount SinaiSinai Peninsula
Region
Sinai Peninsula
The mountain where God gave Moses the Law and established the covenant with Israel.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
NazarethGalilee
Region
Galilee
Galilean town where Jesus was raised; the source of the title 'Jesus of Nazareth.'Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Red SeaSinai
Region
Sinai
The sea God parted for Israel to escape Pharaoh's army during the Exodus.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
RomeItaly
Region
Italy
Capital of the empire; destination of Paul's final journey and the recipient of his greatest epistle.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
Sea of GalileeGalilee
Region
Galilee
Freshwater lake central to Jesus' Galilean ministry and many of His miracles.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas