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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
24
Modern countries
21
Still standing
137
Region
Type
Modern country
Exists today

228 places shown

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All places(228)

  • JerusalemJudea · cityIsraelstill standing
    Modern name
    Jerusalem
    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
  • BethlehemJudea · cityPalestinian Territoriesstill standing
    Modern name
    Bethlehem
    Region
    Judea
    Birthplace of David and of Jesus the Messiah, in Judea.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
  • BabylonMesopotamia · cityIraqno longer exists
    Modern name
    Hillah (ruins near)
    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
  • EgyptNorth Africa · regionEgyptstill standing
    Modern name
    Egypt
    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
  • 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
  • Mount SinaiSinai Peninsula · mountainEgyptstill standing
    Modern name
    Mount Sinai (traditionally Jebel Musa)
    Region
    Sinai Peninsula
    The mountain where God gave Moses the Law and established the covenant with Israel.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
  • NazarethGalilee · cityIsraelstill standing
    Modern name
    Nazareth
    Region
    Galilee
    Galilean town where Jesus was raised; the source of the title 'Jesus of Nazareth.'Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
  • RomeItaly · cityItalystill standing
    Modern name
    Rome
    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 · waterIsraelstill standing
    Modern name
    Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret)
    Region
    Galilee
    Freshwater lake central to Jesus' Galilean ministry and many of His miracles.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
  • DamascusSyria · citySyriastill standing
    Modern name
    Damascus
    Region
    Syria
    Ancient Syrian city on the road where Saul of Tarsus was converted.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
  • Jordan RiverLevant · waterIsrael / Jordanstill standing
    Modern name
    Jordan River
    Region
    Levant
    River crossed by Israel into Canaan and where Jesus was baptized by John.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
  • Mount of OlivesJudea · mountainIsraelstill standing
    Modern name
    Mount of Olives
    Region
    Judea
    Ridge east of Jerusalem where Jesus taught, prayed in Gethsemane, and ascended.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
  • Red SeaSinai · waterEgyptstill standing
    Modern name
    Red Sea
    Region
    Sinai
    The sea God parted for Israel to escape Pharaoh's army during the Exodus.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
  • CanaanLevant · regionIsraelstill standing
    Modern name
    Israel / Palestine / Lebanon
    Region
    Levant
    The land promised to Abraham's descendants and possessed under Joshua.Open Knowledge Hub View on Atlas
  • Garden of EdenUnknown · regionno longer exists
    Modern name
    Unknown
    Region
    Unknown
    The primeval garden of human innocence, the setting of creation and the fall.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
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