Biblical Sites in Israel
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Abel |
2 Samuel 20:18 |
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Abel-Beth-Maacah |
2 Samuel 20:14-18; 1 Kings 15:20; 2 |
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Abel-Meholah |
Judges 7:22; 1 Kings 4:12; 19:16 |
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Abu Ghosh (see Kiriath Yearim) |
1 Samuel 6:21-7:2; 2 Samuel 6; Luke |
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Achzib |
Joshua 15:44; 19:29; Judges |
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Adam |
Joshua 3:16 |
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Adullam |
Genesis 38:1; Joshua 12:15; |
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Adummim |
Joshua 15:7; 18:17; Luke |
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Ai |
Genesis 12:8; 13:3; Joshua 7:2-8:29; |
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Aijalon |
Joshua 10:12; 19:42; 21:24; |
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Acco |
Judges 1:31 |
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Anathoth |
Joshua 21:18; 1 Kings 2:26; 1 Ezra 2:28; Nehemiah 7:27; 10:19; |
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Aphek |
Joshua 12:18; 13:4; 19:30; |
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Arad |
Numbers 21:1-3; Joshua 12:14; |
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Arabah |
Deuteronomy 1:7; 3:17; Joshua |
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Arbel Caves |
1 Maccabees 9:2; Antiquities |
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Aroer |
Numbers 32:34; Deuteronomy 2:36; |
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Ashdod |
Joshua 11:22; 15:46, 47; 1 |
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Ashkelon |
Judges 1:18; 14:19; 1 Samuel |
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Avdat |
None |
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Ayalon Valley |
Joshua 10:12 |
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Azekah |
Joshua 10:10, 11; 15:35; 1 |
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Azotus |
Acts 8:40; see also Ashdod |
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Banias (Caesarea Philippi) |
Matthew 16:13-20; Mark 8:27-33 |
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Beersheba |
Genesis 21; 14-33; 22:19; 26:23, |
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Belvoir |
None |
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Benjamin Plateau |
Joshua 15:5ff; 18:15ff; 1 Kings 11:32; |
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Berachah Valley |
2 Chronicles 20:26 |
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Bet Alpha |
Mosaic theme: Genesis 22:1-19 |
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Beth Guvrin (Mareshah?) |
Joshua 15:44; 2 Chronicles |
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Beth-haccerem |
Nehemiah 3:14; Jeremiah 6:1 |
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Beth-horon |
Joshua 10:10-11; 16:3, 5; 18:13-14; |
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Beth-shean |
Joshua 17:11, 16; Judges 1:27; 1 |
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Beth Shearim |
None |
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Beth-shemesh |
Joshua 15:10; 21:16; Judges 1:33, 1 |
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Bethany |
Matthew 21:17; 26:6-13; Mark |
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Bethel |
Genesis. 12:7-8, 13:3-4; |
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Bethlehem |
Genesis 35:19; Judges 12:8-10; |
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Bethphage |
Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; |
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Bethsaida |
Matthew 11:21; Mark 6:45ff; |
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Bezek |
Judges 1:4-5; 1 Samuel 11:8 |
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Birket Ram |
None |
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Cabul |
Joshua 19:27; |
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Caesarea |
Antiquities |
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Caesarea |
Acts 8:40; |
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Caesarea |
Matthew 16:13-20; Mark 8:27 |
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Cana |
John 2:1, 11; 4:46; 21:2 |
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Capernaum |
Matthew 4:12-16; 8:5; 11:23; |
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Carmel Caves |
Joshua 12:22; 15:55; 1 Samuel 15:12; 25; 1 Kings |
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Castel |
None |
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Chorazin |
Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13 |
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Coastal Plain |
None |
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Dan |
Joshua 19:40-48; Judges 18; 1 |
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Dead Sea |
Genesis 14:3; Deuteronomy 3:17; |
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Debir |
Joshua 10:38, 39; 11:21; 13:26; |
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Decapolis |
Matthew 4:25; Mark 5:20; 7:31 |
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Deir Yassin |
None |
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Dimonah |
Joshua 15:22 |
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Dor |
Joshua 11:1-2; 12:23; 17:11; |
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Dothan |
Genesis 37:17-24; 2 Kings 6:13ff |
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Ebal |
Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:4, 13; |
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Ebenezer |
(now Izbet Sartah), 1 Samuel |
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Eilat (Elath or Eloth) |
Deuteronomy 2:8; 1 Kings |
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Ekron (Tel Migne) |
Joshua 10:41; 11:22; 13:3; |
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Ein Avdat |
None |
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Ein Hemed |
None |
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Ein El-Mamoudiyeh |
Matthew 2:16-18 |
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En Gedi |
Joshua 15:62; 1 Samuel 23:29; |
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Ein Gev |
None |
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Ein Harod |
None |
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Ein Karem |
Traditionally Luke 1:39 |
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Ein Yael |
None |
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Elah Valley |
1 Samuel 17:2, 19; 21:9 |
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Emmaus (Amwas) |
1 Maccabees 3:40, 57; 4:3; Luke |
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En-shemesh |
Joshua 15:7; 18:17 |
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Ephraim |
Joshua 16:5-10; 17:14-18, 1 |
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Ephratah also Ephrath |
Genesis 35:16, 19; 48:7; Ruth |
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Eshtaol |
Joshua 15:33; 19:41; Judges |
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Eshtemoa |
Joshua 21:14; 1 Samuel 30:28 |
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Essenes |
Antiquities 18:18-22; Quod Omnis |
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Etzion Geber (Ezion-geber also Ezion-gaber) |
Numbers. 33:35, 36; Deuteronomy |
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Galilee |
2 Kings 15:29; Isaiah 9:1; |
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Sea of Galilee (Chinnereth also Chinneroth, Gennesaret) |
Joshua 12:3; 13:27; Numbers 34:11; Matthew 4:18-22, 34; |
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Gamla |
Jewish War 4:8-10, 79 |
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Gath |
Joshua 11:22; 1 Samuel 5:6-10; |
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Gath Hepher |
2 Kings 14:25 |
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Gaulanitus |
None |
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Gaza |
Genesis 10:19; Deuteronomy 2:23; |
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Geba |
Joshua 18:24; 21:17; 1 Samuel |
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Gerar |
Genesis 10:19; 20; 26; 2 |
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Gerizim |
Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:12; Joshua |
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Geshur |
Joshua 12:5; 13:2, 11-13; 1 |
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Gezer |
Joshua 12:12; 16:3, 10; 1 Kings |
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Gibeah |
Joshua 18:26; 24:33; Judges 19-20; 1 Samuel |
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Gibeon |
Joshua 9:1-17; 10; 2 Samuel |
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Gilgal |
Joshua 4:19-24; 5:10-15; 9:6; |
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Golan |
Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8; |
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Gomorrah |
Genesis 10:19; 14; 18:20; 19 |
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Gush Halav |
Arachin 9:6; Jewish War |
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Hadera |
None |
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Hai Bar |
None |
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Haifa |
None |
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Hammath |
Joshua 19:35 |
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Hammoth Dor |
Joshua 21:32 |
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Hammat Gader |
Pan. Haer. 30:7 |
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Hammat Tiberias |
Joshua 21:32 |
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Hannathon |
Joshua 19:14 |
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Har Karkom |
None |
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Harod |
Judges 7:1 |
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Harosheth Haggoyim |
Judges 4:2, 13, 16 |
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Hazeroth |
(Mt Sinai) Numbers 11:35;12:16; |
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Hazor |
Joshua 11:1, 10-13; 19:36; |
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Hebron |
Genesis 13:18; 18:1-18; 23:2, |
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Heptapegon |
A memory site for: Matthew |
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Herodion |
Antiquities 14:352-60; 16:13; |
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Hermon |
Deuteronomy 3:8, 9; Joshua 12:1, |
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Herziliya |
None |
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Hormah |
Numbers 14:45; 21:3; Deuteronomy |
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Horns of Hattin |
None |
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Hippos |
None |
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Huleh Valley |
None |
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Hunin |
None |
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Ibleam |
Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27; 2 |
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Izbet Sartah (Eben-ezer) |
Joshua 12:18; 1 Samuel 4:1-11 |
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Jacob’s Well |
Genesis 33:18-20; John 4:6 |
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Jaffa (Joppa) |
2 Chronicles 2:16; Ezra 3:7; |
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Jericho |
Joshua 2; 3:5-7, 16; 5:13-6:27; 18:12, |
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Jezreel |
Joshua 15:56; 19:18; Judges |
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Jezreel Valley |
Joshua 17:16; 19:18; 1 Samuel |
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Jib (Gibeon) |
2 Samuel 2:13, 20, 21; 1 Kings. |
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Jokneam |
Joshua 12:22; 19:11; 21:34 |
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Jordan River |
Numbers 34:12; Joshua 3; Judges |
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Judea |
Matthew 2:1-5; 3:1; 24:16; Mark |
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Judean Wilderness |
None |
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Katzrin |
None |
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Kedesh |
Joshua 12:22; 15:23; 19:37; |
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Kefar Baram |
None |
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Kfar Cana |
John 2:1-11; 4:46-54; 21:2 |
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Kfar Bet Al-Mafjar |
None |
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Khan El-Ahmar |
None |
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Khirbet Ed-Deir |
Amos 1:1 |
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Khirbet Mird |
None |
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Khirbet Shema |
Joshua 15:26 |
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Khirbet Suseya |
None |
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Kibbutz Lavi |
None |
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Kinnereth (Chinnereth) |
Numbers 34:11; Deuteronomy 3:17; |
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Kiryat Shemona |
None |
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Kiryat Yearim (Kiriath-jearim) |
Joshua 9:17; 15:9, 60; 1 Samuel |
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Korazim (Chorazin) |
Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13 |
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Kursi Cliff (Mizpe Noqaib) |
Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20; |
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Lachish |
Joshua 10:32; 12:11; 15:39; 2 |
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Laish |
Judges 18:7-29 |
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Latrun |
1 Maccabees3:38-4:15; 9:50; |
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Lebonah |
Judges 21:19 |
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Lod |
1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33; |
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Lydda (see also Lod) |
1 Maccabees 11:34; Acts 9:32-38 |
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Ma’ayan Harod (Gideon Spring) |
Judges 7:7 |
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Maale Aqrabim |
None |
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Machpelah Cave |
Genesis 23:9, 17-19; 25:9; |
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Magdala (Magadan) |
Matthew 15:39 |
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Mamre |
Genesis 13:18; 23:17-19; 35:27 |
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Mamshit |
None |
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Maon |
Joshua 15:55; 1 Samuel 23:24, |
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Mar Saba |
None |
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Mareshah |
Joshua 15:44, 2 Chronicles |
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Massada |
Jewish War 7:282 |
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Megiddo |
Joshua 12:21; 17:11; |
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Memroth |
None |
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Meron |
Jewish War 2:573, 2:591-3 |
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Metulla |
None |
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Michmas |
1 Samuel 13:2-23; |
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Migdal |
Jeremiah 44:1, 46:14; |
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Mizpah |
Genesis 31:44-49; Joshua |
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Mizpe Ramon |
None |
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Modi’in |
None |
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Montfort |
None |
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Moreh |
Genesis 12:6; Deuteronomy 11:30; |
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Moresheth |
Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1, 14 |
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Moresheth Gath |
(Gath) Micah 1:14 |
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Mt. of Beatitudes |
Matthew 5-7 |
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Mt. Carmel |
Joshua 12:22; 19:26; 1 Kings |
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Mt. Ebal |
Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:4, 13; |
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Mt.Gerizim |
Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:12; Joshua |
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Mt.Gilboa |
Judges 7:1ff; 1 Samuel 28:4, 31; |
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Mt. Hermon |
Deuteronomy 3:8-9; 4:48; Joshua |
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Mt. Moreh |
1 Samuel 28:7; 2 Kings 4:8-37; |
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Mt. Tabor |
Judges 4-5, 12, 14; 1 Samuel |
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Mt. of Temptation |
Matthew 4 |
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Nabi Samwill (as “High Place of |
1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Kings 3:3-14 |
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Nablus |
Genesis 12:6-7; John 4:20, 38; |
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Nahal Gerar |
Genesis 10:19; 20; 26; 2 |
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Nahal Hadera |
None |
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Nahal Harod |
Judges 7:1 |
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Nain |
Luke 7:11 |
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Nativity Church (Bethlehem) |
Genesis 35:19; Joshua 19:15; |
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Nazareth |
Matthew 2:23; 4:13; Luke 1:26; |
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Negev |
Genesis 13:1-3; 24:62; 16:7; |
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Nes Ammim |
None |
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Nimrod’s Castle |
None |
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Nizzana |
None |
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Nob |
1 Samuel 4:11; 21:6; 22:1-9, 11, |
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Nof Ginnosaur Boat |
Matthew 17:24-27 |
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Peki’in |
None |
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Petah Tikva |
None |
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Qasrin |
Tosephta, Arakhin 5:12; |
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Qatzrin |
None |
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Qiryat Arba (Kiriath-arba) |
Genesis 13:18; 18:1-18; 23:2, |
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Qumran |
Theme: Isaiah 40; Luke 1:57-80; |
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Qubeiba (a poss. Emmaus) |
Luke 24:13-35 |
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Ramah |
Joshua 18:25; 19:8, 29, 36; |
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Ramla |
None |
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Rehob |
Joshua 19:28, 30; 21:31 |
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Rosh Hanikra |
None |
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Rosh Pinna |
None |
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Safed |
None |
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Samaria (the City, also called |
1 Kings 16:29-34; 20:1-40; |
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Senir |
Deuteronomy 3:9; Song of Solomon |
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Sepphoris |
None |
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Shacharut |
None |
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Shadmot Mechola |
None |
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Sha’ar Hagolan |
None |
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Sharon |
1 Chronicles 27:29; Song of |
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Shechem |
Genesis 12:6, 7; 34; 37:12-16; |
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Shepherds’ Fields |
Luke 2:8-14 |
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Shiloh |
Joshua 18:1; 21:2; 22:12; Judges |
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Shivta |
None |
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Shunem |
Joshua 19:18; 1 Samuel 28:4; 2 |
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Socoh |
Joshua 15:35, 48; 1 Samuel 17:1; |
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Sodom |
Genesis 13:10-13; 14; 18:16-33; |
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Sorek Valley |
Judges 16:4 |
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Susita |
None |
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Sussia |
None |
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Sychar |
John 4:5 |
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Taanach |
Joshua 12:21; 21:25; Judges |
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Tabgha (see Heptapaegon) |
Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; |
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Tabor |
Joshua 19:22; Judges 4:6, 12, |
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Tamar (Negev) |
Ezekiel 47:18, 19; 48:28 |
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Tel Aviv |
built on plain of Ono – Nehemiah |
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Tel Azekah |
Joshua 10:10, 11; 1 Samuel 17:1; |
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Tel Balata (Shechem) |
Genesis 12:6-7; 23:10; 33:18-20; |
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Tel Beth Mirsim |
None |
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Tel Dan |
Judges 18:1; 20:1; 2 Samuel |
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Tel El Farah (Tirzah) |
Genesis 12:5-6; Joshua 12:24; 1 |
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Tel Er-Ras |
None |
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Tel Es-Samuelrat |
Jewish War 1:647-73 |
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Tel Es-Sultan (see also Jericho) |
Joshua 2; 3:5-7, 16; 5:13-6:27; |
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Tel Hadar |
None |
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Tel Maresha, Marissa |
Joshua 15:44; 2 Chronicles 14:9, |
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Tel Qasila |
None |
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Tekoa |
2 Samuel 14:1f; 2 Chronicles 11:6; 20:20; |
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Tiberias |
John 6:23 |
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Timna (also Timnah) |
Genesis 38:12-14; Joshua 15:10, |
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Tirzah |
Joshua 12:24; 1 Kings 15:21, 33; |
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Tulul Abu El-Alaiq (NT Jericho) |
Matthew 20:29-34; Mark 10:46-52, |
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Wadi Khareitun |
None |
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Wadi Paran |
Genesis 21:21; Numbers 10:12; |
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Wadi Zin |
Numbers. 20:1; 27:14; 34:3, 4 |
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Wilderness Tabernacle |
Exodus 20-27 |
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Yad Mordechai |
None |
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Yarkon |
None |
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Yodfat |
None |
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Ziklag |
Joshua 19:5; 1 Samuel 27:6-12; |
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Ziph |
Joshua 15:24, 55; 1 Samuel |
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Zippori |
None |
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Zorah |
Joshua 15:33; Judges 13:2, 25; 16:31; 18:2, 11; Nehemiah |
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Jerusalem |
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Ascension |
Acts 1 |
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City of David |
2 Samuel 5:6-10; 11:2; 1 Kings |
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Dominus Flavit |
Luke 19 |
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Dormition |
None |
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Garden Tomb |
John 18-20 |
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Gethsemame |
Matthew 26:36-56; Mark 14:32-50; |
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Holy Sepulchre |
John 18-20 |
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King David’s Tomb |
1 Kings 2:10 |
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Last Supper Room |
John 13-17 |
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Mt of Olives |
2 Samuel 15:30; Matthew 21:1ff; |
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Mt. Zion |
2 Kings 2:10; Matthew 26:17-35; |
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St. Peter en Gallicantu |
Matthew 26:57-27:5; Mark |
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Temple Mount & Excavations |
2 Samuel 24; 1 Kings 6:14; |









