ALL THE PLACES OF THE BIBLE

1 ALL THE PLACES OF THE BIBLEThis article identifies all of the PLACES named in theBible, excluding the deuterocanonicalbooks. The placenames are arranged alphabetically as they appear in theKing James Version, with variant spellings enclosed inbrackets [ ]. The suggested meaningof thenames is thengiven in parentheses ( ). Under each entry, various placesbearing this nameare differentiated by boldfacebrackets, like this[1];[2]; andso on. Then follows adescription of each place, with several BIBLE referencesto meanings of the names are not infallibly accurate;they are simply interesting possibilities. These placenames are ancient, many are pre-Israelite, and theirhistory is obscure and a Hebrew name refers to both a place and aperson. In suchcases, you will find the same name in"All the People of the BIBLE ."Different names were used to refer to certain sites indifferent periods of history ( ,Accho and Ptolemais).

2 We have grouped these names under the most familiarbiblical name, cross-referencing the other names to names are given under most of the ("stony"), a river that runs through Damascus,purported to have healing qualities (2 Kings 5: 12). Amore accurate rendering of the name would be ("mountain beyond"), a large mountain rangein Moab near Heshbon, which includes Mount Nebo(Num. 27: 12; 33:47-48; Deut. 32:49).Abdon("servile:'), a city belonging to the tribe ofAsher, located at the present site of Khirbet Abdeh( :30; 1 Chron. 6:71). It is once called Hebron;seeHebron [ also"All the People of the BIBLE ."Abel("meadow," "brook," "stream"), a prefix attachedto several towns. [1] In 2 :14-18, a cityspecifically related to Abelbeth-maacah is supposethat Abel and beth-maacah were towns soclose together that they were thought of asbeing , others believe only one town is referred to inthis passage.]

3 [2] The KJV reading in 1 Sam. 6: 18, "thegreat stone of Abel," is not very is acombination of the Hebrew, "the great meadow[abel]," and the Septuagint, "the great stone." A city isnot referred to "Allthe People of the BIBLE ."Abel-beth-maacah("meadow [brook] near Beth-maacah"), a town of the tribe of Naphtali, located innorthern Palestine (2 :14-15).See alsoAbel [1], ("meadow [brook] of waters"),probably another name for Abel-beth-maacah(2 Chron. 16:4).Abel-meholah("meadow [brook] of dancing"), thebirthplace of Elisha, located on the western side of theJordan Valley (Judg. 7:22;1 Kings 4: 12).Abel-mizraim, (" meadow [brook] ofAcacias"), largest campsite of the wandering Israelites,located on the plains of Moab(Num. 33:49).Abez("lofty"), a town in northern Palestineapportioned to the tribe of Issachar ( :20).Abilene(" stream," "brook"), a Syrian tetrarchylocated 29 to 32 km.

4 (18 to 20 mi.) northwest ofDamascus (Luke 3: 1).Accad[Akkad]("fortress"), a city built by Nimrod onthe Plain of Shinar (Sumer), north of Babylonia ( :10).Accho [Ptolemais]("hot sand"), a town on the coastof Palestine about 40 km. (25 mi.) south of Tyre,apportioned to the tribe ofAsher (Judg. 1:31); also called Ptolemais ("hot sand")in Acts 21 [Potter's Field]("field of blood"), a fieldpurchased by the priests of Jerusalemwith the 30 piecesof silver that bought the betrayal of jesus (Acts 1: 19);also called Potter's Field (Matt. 27:7).Achaia("trouble"), an ancient district of, thePeloponnesus in Greece ruled by the Romans (Acts 18:12; Rom. 15:26).Achmetha [Ecbatana]("a place of horses"), aprovincial city of the Medes that was the summerresidence of Persian kings (Ezra 6:2); also calledEcbatana.

5 The city stood near present-day ("trouble"), a valley south of Jericho, in whichAchan was stoned (Josh. 7:24); and which formed thenorthern boundary of Judah (Josh. 15:7).Achshaph("sorcery"), a city of Canaan captured byJoshua (Josh. 12:20), and a landmark on the boundary ofthe land apportioned to the tribe of Asher (Josh. 19:25).Achzib [Chezib]("false").[1]A Canaanite city in thelowlands of Judah, captured by Joshua (Gen. 38:5; :44).[2]A seashore town on the northern side ofGalilee near the Lebanon border (Josh. 19:29; :31).Adadah("holiday"), a town in the southern district ofJudah (Josh. 15:22).Adam("red; of the earth"), a city on the east bank ofthe Jordan River that was given to the tribe of Reuben(Josh. 3: 16).See also" All the People of the BIBLE ."Adamah("earth"), a fortified city in northernPalestine apportioned to the tribe of Naphtali ( :36); its exact location is not [Adami-Nekeb]("fortified"), a border townassigned tothe tribe of Naphtali (Josh.)

6 19:33); perhapslocated on the site of modernKhirbet ed-Damiyeh, 8km. (5 mi.) southwest of consider this to be the same as Nekeb and hencejoin the words to form one: Adami-Nekeb. Others denythis either view is possible. Adami also might beidentical with Adamah ( ).Adar [Hazar-Addar]("height"), a fortress townlocated on the southwestern border of Judah betweenKadesh-barnea and Karka (Josh. 15:3). This place iscalled Hazar-Addar in Numbers34 also"All thePeople of the BIBLE ."Addan [Addon](" stony"), a place in Babylon thatserved as a staging area for exilesreturning to Israel(Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61).Adithaim("double crossing"), a town in thelowlandsof Judah (Josh. 15:36).Admah("redness"), one of the Cities of thePlain thatGod destroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19:25-29); its location may now be submerged by the southernend of theDead ("two mounds"), a city in Judahbuilt byRehoboam (2 Chron.

7 11:9).Adramyttium("from Adramys, brother ofCraesus"),a port city of Mysia in the northwestern part of theRoman province of Asia (Acts 27:2; cf. 16:7).Adria("from [the city] Adria of Italy"), originally aname referring to the sea east ofItaly. In later times, theterm included the Mediterranean between Greece andSicily(Acts 27:27).Adullam("refuge"), a town of Judah made the headquarters of his rebellion againstSaul in a cave near this town (Josh. 12:7-15; 1 Sam. 22;2 Sam. 23: 13).Adummim("bloody things"), a pass from the JordanValley to the hill country of Judah. It is the shortest routefrom Jericho to Jerusalem, and may have been thesetting for jesus ' parable of the good Samaritan( :7; cf. Luke 10:30-37).Aenon("fountains"), a place noted for itsabundantsupply of water, where John baptized his converts. Mostlikely this site was at the head of the Valley of Shechern(John 3:23).

8 Ahava("water"), a site about 14km. (9 mi.) north ofBabylon; a staging area for Jews preparing to return toPalestine (Ezra 8:15,31).Ahlab("fertile"), a town assigned to Asher, but nevercaptured from the Canaanites ( :31);itsproba-Valley of the Plain of Sharon between the city ofJericho and the Mediterranean Sea, the valley of Aijalon (or Ajalon)was the site of Joshua's famous battle with the Amorites (Josh . 10:12-14). The biblical town of Aijalon, located nearby, should not beconfused with a city by the same name in modern location is about 6km. (4 mi.) northeast of [Aiath; Aija]("heap of ruins").[1]One of thestrongest Canaanite cities, located east of Bethel ( :2; Neh. 11:31). In Isaiah 10:28the Hebrew feminineform of the name (Aiath) occurs.[2]A city of theAmmonites,probablylocated near Heshbon (Jer. 49:3).AijaIon [AjaIon]("place of harts").

9 [1]Atownlocated km. (14 mi.) northwest of Jerusalem,designated as a Levitical city(Josh. 19:42; 21:24; 2 Chron. 28:18).[2]A site belonging to the tribe ofZebulun west of theSea of Galilee, where the judgeElon was buried (Judg. 12: 12). Its exact location ("eye").[1]A town of Judah near Rimmon,assigned to the Levites serving the tribe of Simeon ( :32; 19: 7; 21: 16; 1 :32).[2]A site on theboundary line of the Promised Land, west of Riblah(Num. 34: 11).Its exact location is ("king's oak"), a village assigned 10 thetribe of Asher (Josh. 19:26).Alemeth [Almon]("covering"), a city given to thepriests of the tribe of Benjamin(l Chron. 6:60; Josh. 21: 18).Alexandria("city of Alexander the Great"), a city onthe Mediterranean coast of Egypt,which served asEgypt's capital city for many years (Acts 27:6;28:11-13).

10 ("hiding place of two figsacks"),a site between the Arnon River and Shittim where theIsraelites camped during their wandering in thewilderness ( :46).Aloth(no known translation), a district from whichKing Solomon drew provisions (1 Kings4: 16).Alush("crowd"), a site where the Israelites camped ontheir journey from Egypt to MountSinai (Num. 33: 14).Amad("enduring"), a frontier town of the tribe ofAsher (Josh. 19:26).Amam("gathering place"), a village located on theWadi-es-Sini in southern Judah (Josh. 15:26).Amana("forth"), a range of mountains in Lebanon,probably south of the Amana[Abana] River (Song ofSol. 4:8).Ammah("head"), a hill in the wilderness of the JordanValley near Gibeon; Joab andAbner fought here (2 :24).Amphipolis("surrounded city"), the chief city ofMacedonia, located in the region of Thrace (Acts 17: 1).Anab("grape"), a town in the mountains of Judah(Josh.)