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Places of the Bible

Places of the Bible

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Places of the Bible

Enhance your study by reading descriptions of every place in the Bible. Many of the entries come from Smith’s Bible Names Dictionary (1866).

This work is in the public domain and was authored over 100 years ago. In many cases, it does not reflect the findings of modern scholarship, but may be helpful in your personal study.

Accad

Admah

Ararat

Detail of an alabaster bas-relief of Ashurbanipal II's lion-hunt scene. 7th century BC. From the North Palace at Nineveh, in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. The British Museum, London. Picture by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg

Assyria or Asshur

The Tower of Babel by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Babel

Tel Beer Sheva. Photo by gugganij via Wikimedia Commons.

Beersheba

Beitin, a possible site for Bethel. Photo by Deror_avi via Wikimedia Commons.

Bethel

Calah

Calneh

View from Mount Tabor, 2019. Photo by Bahnfrend via Wikimedia Commons.

Canaan, The Land of

Dothan at Tell Dotan. Photo by Netanel h via Wikimedia Commons.

Dothan

Image of Earth by WikiImages via Pixabay.

Earth

The Garden of Eden by Thomas Cole, 1828.

Eden

The pyramids of Egypt. Photo by TheDigitalArtist via Pixabay.

Egypt

Enoch

Uruk archaeological site at Warka, possibly the location of ancient Erech. Photo by SAC Andy Holmes (RAF)

Erech

Ethiopia

Euphrates

Gaza

Tel Haror, a possible location of Gerar. Photo by Aaadir via Wikimedia Commons.

Gerar

Gihon

Modern Burma, the site of Gilead. Photo by Adeeb Atwan via Wikimedia Commons.

Gilead

Ghawr Almazra'a Sub-District, Jordan. Photo by Adeeb Atwan via Wikimedia Commons.

Gomorrah

The likely site of Goshen in Egypt. Photo by Didia vis Wikimedia Commons.

Goshen

Harran beehive houses. Photo by Zhengan via Wikimedia Commons.

Haran or Charran

Havilah

Heaven

Hiddekel

Lahairoi

Lasha

Mahanaim. Tel edh Dhahab viewed from the Jabbok river. Photo by E. Rehfeld via Wikimedia Commons.

Mahanaim

Ramat el Khalil. Photo by Yywilk via Wikimedia Commons.

Mamre (plain)

Mesha

Aerial photo of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Photo by Andrew Shiva via Wikimedia Commons.

Moriah

Detail of an alabaster bas-relief of Ashurbanipal II's lion-hunt scene. 7th century BC. From the North Palace at Nineveh, in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. The British Museum, London. Picture by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg

Nineveh

Nod

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