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Places of the Bible.
From Mount Sinai and Babylon to Jerusalem and Rome. Locations are approximate; where an identification is traditional or debated, it says so.
Base map: Natural Earth (public domain). Locations are approximate; “?” marks traditional or uncertain sites.
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- JerusalemJudean hills · Site knownThe city David made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, and where the Gospels record Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection.
- BethlehemJudean hills, south of Jerusalem · Site knownA small town of Judah: home of Ruth and Boaz, birthplace of David, and the place where Jesus was born.
- NazarethLower Galilee · Site knownThe Galilean village where Mary received the angel’s message and where Jesus grew up.
- Sea of GalileeGalilee · Site knownThe freshwater lake around which many Gospel accounts of Jesus’ Galilean ministry take place, also called the lake of Gennesaret and the Sea of Tiberias.
- CapernaumNorth shore of the Sea of Galilee · Site knownA lakeside town that became Jesus’ base in Galilee, home of Peter.
- JerichoJordan valley, near the Dead Sea · Site knownAn ancient oasis city in the Jordan valley — the first city Israel took under Joshua, and a stop on Jesus’ way to Jerusalem.
- Mount SinaiSinai wilderness · Location uncertainThe mountain identified in Exodus as the place where Israel received the Law through Moses; also called Horeb.
- Jordan RiverJordan valley · Site knownThe river running from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea — crossed by Israel under Joshua and the place where John baptized.
- Dead SeaJordan rift valley · Site knownThe salt lake at the end of the Jordan, called the Salt Sea in Scripture; Ezekiel saw a vision of its waters made fresh.
- BabylonMesopotamia, on the Euphrates · Site knownCapital of the Babylonian empire, to which Judah was taken into exile.
- NinevehAssyria, on the Tigris · Site knownThe great Assyrian city to which Jonah was sent.
- RomeItaly · Site knownCapital of the Roman empire; Paul wrote to the believers there and later arrived as a prisoner.
- CorinthAchaia (southern Greece) · Site knownA busy Greek port city where Paul stayed eighteen months; he later wrote at least two letters to the church there.
- EphesusAsia (western Turkey) · Site knownA leading city of the Roman province of Asia, where Paul taught for over two years; one of the seven churches of Revelation.
- Antioch (Syria)Syria · Site knownThe city where the disciples were first called Christians, and the church that sent out Paul and Barnabas.