Biblical Sites in Israel

Biblical Sites in Israel

 

 

 

A

 

Abel

2 Samuel 20:18

Abel-Beth-Maacah      

2 Samuel 20:14-18; 1 Kings 15:20; 2
Kings 15:29

Abel-Meholah

Judges 7:22; 1 Kings 4:12; 19:16

Abu Ghosh (see Kiriath Yearim)

1 Samuel 6:21-7:2; 2 Samuel 6; Luke
24:13-35 (area)

Achzib

Joshua 15:44; 19:29; Judges
1:31; Micah 1:14

Adam  

Joshua 3:16

Adullam

Genesis 38:1; Joshua 12:15;
15:35; 1 Samuel 22:1; 2 Samuel 23:13; Nehemiah 11:30; Micah 1:15

Adummim

Joshua 15:7; 18:17; Luke
10:30-35 (area)

Ai        

Genesis 12:8; 13:3; Joshua 7:2-8:29;
9:3; 10:1-2; 12: 9; Ezra 2:28; Nehemiah 7:32; Jeremiah 49:3

Aijalon

Joshua 10:12; 19:42; 21:24;
Judges 1:35; 12:12; 1 Samuel 14:31; 1 Chronicles 6:69; 8:13; 2 Chronicles
11:10; 28:18

Acco   

Judges 1:31

Anathoth

Joshua 21:18; 1 Kings 2:26; 1
Chronicles 6:60; 7:8;

Ezra 2:28; Nehemiah 7:27; 10:19;
11:32;  Isaiah 10:30; Jeremiah
1:1;11:21

Aphek

Joshua 12:18; 13:4; 19:30;
Judges 1:31 (Aphik); 1 Samuel 4:1-11; 29:1; 1 Kings 20:26-30; 2 Kings 13:17

Arad

Numbers 21:1-3; Joshua 12:14;
Judges 1:16; 1 Chronicles 8:15

Arabah                        

Deuteronomy 1:7; 3:17; Joshua
18:18

Arbel Caves

1 Maccabees 9:2; Antiquities
14:423-6

Aroer  

Numbers 32:34; Deuteronomy 2:36;
3:12; 4:48; Joshua 12:2; 13:9, 16, 25; Judges 11:26, 33; 1 Samuel 30:26-28; 2
Samuel 24:5; 2 Kings 10:33; 1 Chronicles 5:8; 11:44; Isaiah 17:2; Jeremiah
48:18-20

Ashdod           

Joshua 11:22; 15:46, 47; 1
Samuel 5:1-8; 6:17; Nehemiah 4:7; 13:23, 24; Isaiah 20:1; Jeremiah 25:20;
Amos 1:8; 3:9; Zephaniah 2:4; Zechariah 9:6

Ashkelon         

Judges 1:18; 14:19; 1 Samuel
6:17; 2 Samuel 1:20; Jeremiah 47:5; Amos 1:6-8; Zephaniah 2:4, 7; Zechariah 9:5                  

Avdat  

None

Ayalon Valley

Joshua 10:12

Azekah

Joshua 10:10, 11; 15:35; 1
Samuel 17:1; 2 Chronicles 11:9; Nehemiah 11:30; Jeremiah. 34:6-7

Azotus 

Acts 8:40; see  also Ashdod

B

Banias (Caesarea Philippi)       

Matthew 16:13-20; Mark 8:27-33

Beersheba

Genesis 21; 14-33; 22:19; 26:23,
33; 28:10; 46:1-7; Joshua 15:28; Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 3:20; 8:2; Nehemiah
11:27, 30

Belvoir

None   

Benjamin Plateau

Joshua 15:5ff; 18:15ff; 1 Kings 11:32;
12:21; 15:16ff; 2 Kings 14:11ff; 1 Chronicles 8:12-13, 28; 2 Chronicles 11;
23:8; Jeremiah 20:2; 37:13; Zechariah 14:10

Berachah Valley

2 Chronicles 20:26

Bet Alpha

Mosaic theme: Genesis 22:1-19

Beth Guvrin (Mareshah?)

Joshua 15:44; 2 Chronicles
14:9-10; Micah 1:1,15; cp. Acts 8:26ff (area)

Beth-haccerem

Nehemiah 3:14; Jeremiah 6:1

Beth-horon

Joshua 10:10-11; 16:3, 5; 18:13-14;
21:22; 1 Samuel 13:18; 1 Chronicles 7:24; 2 Chronicles 8:5; Judith 4:4-5;1
Maccabees 3:16, 24; 7:39; 9:50; Josephus, Jewish War 2:516

Beth-shean      

Joshua 17:11, 16; Judges 1:27; 1
Samuel 31:10 (Beth-shan); 1 Kings 4:12; 1 Chronciles 7:29

Beth Shearim

None

Beth-shemesh

Joshua 15:10; 21:16; Judges 1:33, 1
Samuel 6:9-20; 2 Kings 14:8-14; 2 Chronicles 25:21; 28:18

Bethany

Matthew 21:17; 26:6-13; Mark
11:11; 14:3-9; Luke 10:38-42; 19:29; 24:50-51; John 1:28; 11:1-44; 12:1-11

Bethel

Genesis. 12:7-8, 13:3-4;
28:10-22; Joshua 12:16; 16:2;
18:13-22; Judges 1:22-26; 4:5; 20:18-28; 1 Samuel 7:16; 10:3; 13:2; 1
Kings 12:25-33; 13:1; 2 Kings 2:2-3; 23-24; Amos 3:14; 4:4; 5:5,6; 7:10-17

Bethlehem

Genesis 35:19; Judges 12:8-10;
Ruth 1:19-22; 2:4; 4:11; 1 Samuel 16:1-4; 17:12, 15; 20:6, 28; 2 Samuel
23:13-18; 1 Chronicles 11:16-26; 2 Chronicles 11:5-6; Jeremiah 41:17; Micah
5:2; Matthew 2:1, 6, 7-16; Luke 2:4-16; John 7:42

Bethphage

Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11;
Luke 19:29-40

Bethsaida

Matthew 11:21; Mark 6:45ff;
8:22; Luke 9:10; 10:13; John 1:44; 12:21

Bezek

Judges 1:4-5; 1 Samuel 11:8

Birket Ram

None

C

 

Cabul  

Joshua 19:27;
1 Kings 9:13

Caesarea

Antiquities
15:331-41; Jewish War 1:408-15

Caesarea
Maritima

Acts 8:40;
9:30; 10:1-9, 23-48; 12:18-19; 18:22; 21:8; 23:23, 31-33; 24:1-25; 25:1-12,
26

Caesarea
Philippi

Matthew 16:13-20; Mark 8:27

Cana

John 2:1, 11; 4:46; 21:2

Capernaum

Matthew 4:12-16; 8:5; 11:23;
17:24; Mark 1:21; 2:1; Luke 4:23, 31-41; 7:1; 10:13-15; John 2:12; 4:46;
6:17, 24, 59

Carmel Caves

Joshua 12:22; 15:55; 1 Samuel 15:12; 25; 1 Kings
18;19:1-2; Jeremiah 46:18; Amos 1:2; 9:3; Micah 7:14; Nahum 1:4

Castel  

None

Chorazin

Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13

Coastal Plain

None

D

 

Dan

Joshua 19:40-48; Judges 18; 1
Samuel 3:20; 1 Kings 12:29, 30

Dead Sea

Genesis 14:3; Deuteronomy 3:17;
4:49; Joshua 3:16; 12:3; 15:2, 5

Debir   

Joshua 10:38, 39; 11:21; 13:26;
15:7, 15, 49; 21:15; Judges 1:11; 1 Chronicles 6:58

Decapolis

Matthew 4:25; Mark 5:20; 7:31

Deir Yassin      

None

Dimonah                      

Joshua 15:22

Dor     

Joshua 11:1-2; 12:23; 17:11;
Judges 1:27; 1 Chronicles  7:29

Dothan                        

Genesis 37:17-24; 2 Kings 6:13ff

E

Ebal    

Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:4, 13;
Joshua 8:30-35

Ebenezer         

(now Izbet Sartah), 1 Samuel
4:1-22; 7:12

Eilat (Elath or Eloth)     

Deuteronomy 2:8; 1 Kings
9:26-28; 10:11, 22; 22:47-48; 2 Chronicles 8:17

Ekron   (Tel Migne)

Joshua 10:41; 11:22; 13:3;
15:45-47; 1 Samuel 5:10; 7:14; 2 Kings 1:2-16

Ein Avdat

None

Ein Hemed

None

Ein El-Mamoudiyeh

Matthew 2:16-18

En Gedi           

Joshua 15:62; 1 Samuel 23:29;
24:1-22; 2 Chronicles 20:2; Song of Solomon 1:14; Ezekiel 47:10

Ein Gev

None

Ein Harod

None

Ein Karem

Traditionally Luke 1:39

Ein Yael

None   

Elah Valley

1 Samuel 17:2, 19; 21:9

Emmaus (Amwas)

1 Maccabees 3:40, 57; 4:3; Luke
24:13; Jewish War 7:217

En-shemesh

Joshua 15:7; 18:17

Ephraim

Joshua 16:5-10; 17:14-18, 1
Samuel 18:6; 2 Kings 14:13; Nehemiah 12:39; John 11:54

Ephratah also Ephrath

Genesis 35:16, 19; 48:7; Ruth
4:11; Psalms 132:6

Eshtaol

Joshua 15:33; 19:41; Judges
16:31; 18:2-11

Eshtemoa

Joshua 21:14; 1 Samuel 30:28

Essenes

Antiquities 18:18-22; Quod Omnis
n. 75-91; Jewish War 2:119-61

Etzion Geber    (Ezion-geber also Ezion-gaber)

Numbers. 33:35, 36; Deuteronomy
2:8; 1 Kings.9:10, 26-28; 10:11, 22; 22:47-48; 2 Chronicles 8:17; 20:35-37

G

Galilee 

2 Kings 15:29; Isaiah 9:1;
Matthew 4:15-25; John 4:43-54; 7

Sea of Galilee   (Chinnereth also Chinneroth, Gennesaret)

Joshua 12:3; 13:27; Numbers 34:11; Matthew 4:18-22, 34;
8:18-27; 15:29; Mark 4:35-41; 5:1; 6:53; Luke 5:1-11; John 21:1-23

Gamla

Jewish War 4:8-10, 79

Gath

Joshua 11:22; 1 Samuel 5:6-10;
6:17; 21:10-15; 27:2-12; 2 Samuel 15:19-21; 18:2; 1 Kings 2:39-41; 2 Kings
12:17; 1 Chronicles 18:1; 20:6; 2 Chronicles 11:8; 26:6

Gath Hepher    

2 Kings 14:25

Gaulanitus

None

Gaza

Genesis 10:19; Deuteronomy 2:23;
Joshua 10:41; 11:21-22; 13:3; 15:47; Judges 1:18; 16:1-3, 21-31; 1 Samuel
6:17; 2 Kings 18:8; Jeremiah 47:1; Amos 1:6; Zephaniah 2:4; Zechariah 9:5;
Acts 8:26

Geba

Joshua 18:24; 21:17; 1 Samuel
13:16; 14:1ff; 2 Kings 23:8; 1 Chronicles 6:60; Nehemiah 11:31; 12:29; Ezra
2:26

Gerar

Genesis 10:19; 20; 26; 2
Chronicles 14:13-14

Gerizim

Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:12; Joshua
8:33; Judges 9:7

Geshur

Joshua 12:5; 13:2, 11-13; 1
Samuel 27:8; 2 Samuel 14:23, 32; 1 Chronicles 2:23

Gezer

Joshua 12:12; 16:3, 10; 1 Kings
1-2; 9:15-17; 1 Chronicles 14:16; 20:4; 1
Maccabees 9:52; 13:43-8, 53

Gibeah

 Joshua 18:26; 24:33; Judges 19-20; 1 Samuel
10:5-10, 26; 11:4; 13:2; 14:2; 15:34; 16:15, 34; Hosea 5:8; 9:9; 10:9

Gibeon

Joshua 9:1-17; 10; 2 Samuel
2:12-24; 21:1-9; 1 Kings 3:4-15; Nehemiah 3:7; Jeremiah 41:12, 16

Gilgal

Joshua 4:19-24; 5:10-15; 9:6;
10:6ff; 11:16; 14:6; 1 Samuel 7:16; 10:8; 11:12-15; 13:4-15; 15:2ff; Hosea
4:15; Amos 4:4

Golan  

Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8;
21:27

Gomorrah

Genesis 10:19; 14; 18:20; 19

Gush Halav

Arachin 9:6; Jewish War
2:585-631; 4:84-120

H

 

Hadera

None

Hai Bar

None

Haifa   

None

Hammath

Joshua 19:35

Hammoth Dor

Joshua 21:32

Hammat Gader

Pan. Haer. 30:7

Hammat Tiberias

Joshua 21:32

Hannathon

Joshua 19:14

Har Karkom    

None

Harod

Judges 7:1

Harosheth Haggoyim

Judges 4:2, 13, 16

Hazeroth

(Mt Sinai) Numbers 11:35;12:16;
33:17, 18; Deuteronomy 1:1

Hazor

Joshua 11:1, 10-13; 19:36;
Judges 4:2; 1 Kings 9:15; 2 Kings 15:29

Hebron

Genesis 13:18; 18:1-18; 23:2,
9ff; 25:8; 35:37; 50:13; Numbers 13:22; Joshua 10; 20:7; Judges 1:10-15; 2
Samuel 2:1-11; 3:27; 15:7-10

Heptapegon

A memory site for: Matthew
5:3-10 (above on hill); Mark 6:30-44; (at Primacy site) John 21:9

Herodion

Antiquities 14:352-60; 16:13;
17:199; Jewish War 1:421, 673; 3:54-6; 7:163

Hermon

Deuteronomy 3:8, 9; Joshua 12:1,
5; Psalms 42:6; 89:12; 133:3; Song of Solomon 4:8

Herziliya

None

Hormah

Numbers 14:45; 21:3; Deuteronomy
1:44; Joshua 12:14; 15:30; 19:4; Judges 1:17

Horns of Hattin

None

Hippos

None

Huleh Valley    

None

Hunin  

None

I

 

Ibleam 

Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27; 2
Kings 9:27

Izbet Sartah (Eben-ezer)

Joshua 12:18; 1 Samuel 4:1-11

J

 

Jacob’s Well   

Genesis 33:18-20; John 4:6

Jaffa (Joppa)

2 Chronicles 2:16; Ezra 3:7;
Jonah 1:3; Acts 9:36-43; 10:5

Jericho

Joshua 2; 3:5-7, 16; 5:13-6:27; 18:12,
21; 2 Samuel 10:5; 1 Kings 16:34; 2 Kings 2:4, 18-22; 1 Chronicles 19:5; 2
Chronicles 28:15; Jeremiah 39:5; Matthew 20:29-34; Mark 10:46-52, Luke 10:25-27;
18:35-43; 19:1-27

Jezreel

Joshua 15:56; 19:18; Judges
6:33; 1 Samuel 29:1; 1 Kings 4:12; 21:1; 2 Kings 9:15, 30-37

Jezreel Valley

Joshua 17:16; 19:18; 1 Samuel
25:43; 29:1; 2 Samuel 2;8ff; 1 Kings 4:12; 21:1; 2 Kings 8:29; 9:24-26,
30-37; 10:1-11; Hosea 1:5

Jib (Gibeon)

2 Samuel 2:13, 20, 21; 1 Kings.
3:4-15

Jokneam

Joshua 12:22; 19:11; 21:34

Jordan River

Numbers 34:12; Joshua 3; Judges
12:5, 6; Matthew 3

Judea

Matthew 2:1-5; 3:1; 24:16; Mark
1:5; 13:14; Luke 1:5, 65; 2:4; 3:1; John 4:3; 11:7; Acts 1:8; 2:14; 12:19;
21:10; Galatians 1:22 

Judean Wilderness

None

K

 

Katzrin            

None

Kedesh           

Joshua 12:22; 15:23; 19:37;
20:7; 21:32;  2 Kings 15:29; 1
Chronicles 6:72

Kefar Baram

None

Kfar Cana

John 2:1-11; 4:46-54; 21:2

Kfar Bet Al-Mafjar

None

Khan El-Ahmar           

None

Khirbet Ed-Deir          

Amos 1:1

Khirbet Mird

None

Khirbet Shema

Joshua 15:26

Khirbet Suseya

None

Kibbutz Lavi

None

Kinnereth (Chinnereth)

Numbers 34:11; Deuteronomy 3:17;
Joshua 19:35; 1 Kings 15:20

Kiryat Shemona

None

Kiryat Yearim (Kiriath-jearim)

Joshua 9:17; 15:9, 60; 1 Samuel
6:21-7:2; 2 Chronicles 1:4; Jeremiah 26:20

Korazim (Chorazin)

Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13

Kursi Cliff (Mizpe Noqaib)      

Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20;
Luke 8:26-39

L

 

Lachish

Joshua 10:32; 12:11; 15:39; 2
Kings 14:19; 18:14-17; 19:18; 2 Chronicles 11:9; 25:27; 32:9; Nehemiah 11:30;
Isaiah. 36:2, Jeremiah 34:7, Micah 1:13

Laish

Judges 18:7-29

Latrun

1 Maccabees3:38-4:15; 9:50;
Jewish War 1:218-22; 2:60-5, 71; 4:444; Mishnah, Kerithoth 3:7

Lebonah

Judges 21:19

Lod

1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33;
Nehemiah 7:73; 11:35

Lydda (see also Lod)

1 Maccabees 11:34; Acts 9:32-38

M

 

Ma’ayan  Harod (Gideon Spring)

Judges 7:7

Maale Aqrabim           

None

Machpelah Cave

Genesis 23:9, 17-19; 25:9;
49:31; 50:13

Magdala (Magadan)    

Matthew 15:39

Mamre

Genesis 13:18; 23:17-19; 35:27

Mamshit

None

Maon  

Joshua 15:55; 1 Samuel 23:24,
2525:1, 2

Mar Saba

None

Mareshah

Joshua 15:44, 2 Chronicles
14:9-10; Micah 1:15; cp. Acts 8

Massada

Jewish War 7:282

Megiddo

Joshua 12:21; 17:11;
Judges 1:27; 5:19; 1 Kings 9:15; 2 Kings 9:27; 2 Chronicles 35:22; Zechariah
12:11-12; Revelation 16:16; 23:29, 30

Memroth

None

Meron 

Jewish War 2:573, 2:591-3

Metulla

None

Michmas

1 Samuel 13:2-23;
14:1ff; Ezra 2:27; Nehemiah 7:31; 11:31; Iasiah 10:28; 1 Maccabees 9:73

Migdal

Jeremiah 44:1, 46:14;
Ezekiel 29:10

Mizpah

Genesis 31:44-49; Joshua
11:3; 13:26; 15:38-39; Judges 10:17; 11:11, 29, 34; 20:1, 3; 21:1, 5, 8; 1
Samuel 7:5-6, 16; 10-17; 22:3; 18;26; 1 Kings 15:22; 2 Kings 25:23, 25; 2
Chronicles 16:6; Jeremiah 40:6, 8, 10, 12-13, 15; 41:1, 3, 6, 10, 14, 16; 1
Maccabees 3:46

Mizpe Ramon

None

Modi’in

None

Montfort

None

Moreh 

Genesis 12:6; Deuteronomy 11:30;
Judges 7:1

Moresheth

Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1, 14

Moresheth Gath           

(Gath) Micah 1:14

Mt. of Beatitudes

Matthew 5-7

Mt. Carmel

Joshua 12:22; 19:26; 1 Kings
18-19; 2 Kings 2:25; 4:25; Song of Solomon 7:5; Isaiah 33:9; 35:2; Jeremiah
46:18; Amos 1:2; 9:3

Mt. Ebal

Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:4, 13;
Joshua 8:30-35

Mt.Gerizim

Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:12; Joshua
8:33; Judges 9:7; John 4:19-21

Mt.Gilboa

Judges 7:1ff; 1 Samuel 28:4, 31;
2 Samuel 1:6; 21:12; 1 Chronicles 10:1

Mt. Hermon

Deuteronomy 3:8-9; 4:48; Joshua
12:5; Psalms 89:11-12, 133:3

Mt. Moreh

1 Samuel 28:7; 2 Kings 4:8-37;
Luke 7:11-17

Mt. Tabor

Judges 4-5, 12, 14; 1 Samuel
10:3; Psalms 89:12; Hosea 5:1; Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36

Mt. of Temptation

Matthew 4

N

 

 

Nabi Samwill (as “High Place of
Gibeon”)         

1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Kings 3:3-14

Nablus            

Genesis 12:6-7; John 4:20, 38;
Acts 8:4-25

Nahal Gerar    

Genesis 10:19; 20; 26; 2
Chronicles 14:13, 14

Nahal Hadera  

None

Nahal Harod   

Judges 7:1

Nain    

Luke 7:11

Nativity Church (Bethlehem)    

Genesis 35:19; Joshua 19:15;
Ruth 1:1, 2; 1 Samuel 16:13-15; 2 Samuel 23:14-16; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2

Nazareth

Matthew 2:23; 4:13; Luke 1:26;
2:4, 51; 4:13-30; John 1:46; 2:45-46

Negev

Genesis 13:1-3; 24:62; 16:7;
20:1; 21:30; 24:15-20, 62; 25:18; 26:22; Joshua 15:18-32; Judges 1:9, 14-15;
1 Samuel 27:10; 30:14, 28; 26:1; 1 Kings 11:14, 17, 21-22; 2 Chronicles
26:10; Psalms 126:4; Jeremiah 13:19; 33:13; 43:6-12; Matthew 2:13-15

Nes Ammim    

None

Nimrod’s Castle

None

Nizzana

None

Nob    

1 Samuel 4:11; 21:6; 22:1-9, 11,
18-19; 22:6-19; Nehemiah 11:32; Isaiah 10:32

Nof Ginnosaur Boat

Matthew 17:24-27

P

 

Peki’in

None

Petah Tikva

None

Q

 

Qasrin 

Tosephta, Arakhin 5:12;
Tosephta, Erubin 4:5

Qatzrin            

None

Qiryat Arba (Kiriath-arba)

Genesis 13:18; 18:1-18; 23:2,
9ff; 25:8; 35:37; 50:13; Numbers 13:22; Joshua 20:7; Judges 1:10-15; 2 Samuel
2:1-11, 15:7-10

Qumran

Theme: Isaiah 40; Luke 1:57-80;
John 1

Qubeiba (a poss. Emmaus)

Luke 24:13-35

R

 

Ramah

Joshua 18:25; 19:8, 29, 36;
Judges 4:5; 19:13; 1 Samuel 1:1, 19; 2; 7:17; 8:4ff; 9:6, 10; 15:34ff; 19:18;
20:1; 30:27; 2 Samuel 1:19; 8:4; 19:19-23; 1 Kings 15:17, 21-22; 2 Kings
8:28-29; 2 Chronicles 6:1, 5-6; 22:5-6; Ezra 2:26; Isaiah 10:29; Jeremiah 31:15;
40:1; Nehemiah 11:33; Hosea 5:8; Matthew 2:18; Josephus, Antiquities 8:303

Ramla  

None

Rehob 

Joshua 19:28, 30; 21:31

Rosh Hanikra  

None

Rosh Pinna      

None

S

 

Safed  

None

Samaria (the City, also called
Sabaste)

1 Kings 16:29-34; 20:1-40;
22:39; 2 Kings 3:1; 6:20-7:20; 13:1, 6, 9-13; 17:1-6, 24; 18:10, 34; Isaiah
36:19; Micah 1:6; Amos 3:15; 6:4; John 4:4, 9; Acts 8:4-5, 14; Antiquities
18:119

Senir   

Deuteronomy 3:9; Song of Solomon
4:8; Ezekiel 27:5

Sepphoris

None

Shacharut

None

Shadmot Mechola

None

Sha’ar Hagolan

None

Sharon

1 Chronicles 27:29; Song of
Solomon 2:1; Isaiah 33:9; 35:235

Shechem

Genesis 12:6, 7; 34; 37:12-16;
Joshua 24:1,32; Judges 9; 1 Kings 12; Psalms 60:6; Jeremiah 41:4

Shepherds’ Fields

Luke 2:8-14

Shiloh

Joshua 18:1; 21:2; 22:12; Judges
18:31; 21:19; 1 Samuel 1:3-28; 2:12-4:18; 1 Kings 14:2-4; Psalms 78:60;
Jeremiah 7:12-14

Shivta  

None

Shunem

Joshua 19:18; 1 Samuel 28:4; 2
Kings 4:8

Socoh

Joshua 15:35, 48; 1 Samuel 17:1;
1 Kings 4:10

Sodom

Genesis 13:10-13; 14; 18:16-33;
19; Matthew 11:23, 24

Sorek Valley

Judges 16:4

Susita

None

Sussia

None

Sychar

John 4:5

T

 

Taanach

Joshua 12:21; 21:25; Judges
5:19; 1 Kings 4:12

Tabgha (see Heptapaegon)      

Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44;
Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14; 21

Tabor

Joshua 19:22; Judges 4:6, 12,
14; 8:18; 1 Samuel 10:3; 1 Chronicles 6:77; Psalms 89:12; Hosea 5:1

Tamar (Negev)

Ezekiel 47:18, 19; 48:28

Tel Aviv          

built on plain of Ono – Nehemiah
6:2; name from Ezekiel 3:15

Tel Azekah      

Joshua 10:10, 11; 1 Samuel 17:1;
Nehemiah 11:30; Jeremiah 34:7

Tel Balata (Shechem)   

Genesis 12:6-7; 23:10; 33:18-20;
Joshua 24; Judges 9;

Tel Beth Mirsim

None

Tel Dan           

Judges 18:1; 20:1; 2 Samuel
3:10; 17:11; 2 Chronicles 16:4

Tel El Farah (Tirzah)    

Genesis 12:5-6; Joshua 12:24; 1
Kings 14:17; 16:17-18, 23-24; 2 Kings 17:5

Tel Er-Ras

None

Tel Es-Samuelrat

Jewish War 1:647-73                                                                          

Tel Es-Sultan (see also Jericho)

Joshua 2; 3:5-7, 16; 5:13-6:27;
18:12, 21; 2 Samuel 10:5; 1 Kings 16:34; 2 Kings 2:4, 18-22; 1 Chronicles
19:5; 2 Chronicles 28:15; Jeremiah 39:5;

Tel Hadar        

None

Tel Maresha, Marissa  

Joshua 15:44; 2 Chronicles 14:9,
10; Micah 1:15

Tel Qasila

None

Tekoa 

 2 Samuel 14:1f; 2 Chronicles 11:6; 20:20;
Nehemiah 3:5; 27; Jeremiah 6:6; Amos 1:1

Tiberias

John 6:23

Timna (also Timnah)

Genesis 38:12-14; Joshua 15:10,
57; Judges 14:1-5; 2 Chronicles 28:18

Tirzah  

Joshua 12:24; 1 Kings 15:21, 33;
16:6-23

Tulul Abu El-Alaiq (NT Jericho)           

Matthew 20:29-34; Mark 10:46-52,
Luke 10:25-27; 18:35-43; 19:1-27; Antiquities 17:340; Jewish War 1:361, 396,
407, 656-73; 2:57, 484; 4:468, 473

W

Wadi Khareitun           

None

Wadi Paran                 

Genesis 21:21; Numbers 10:12;
12:16; Deuteronomy 33:2; 1 Kings 11:18; Habakkuk 3:3

Wadi Zin         

Numbers. 20:1; 27:14; 34:3, 4

Wilderness Tabernacle

Exodus 20-27

Y

Yad Mordechai           

None

Yarkon            

None

Yodfat             

None

Z

Ziklag                          

Joshua 19:5; 1 Samuel 27:6-12;
30; Nehemiah 11:28

Ziph                            

Joshua 15:24, 55; 1 Samuel
23:14-24

Zippori            

None

Zorah                          

Joshua 15:33; Judges 13:2, 25; 16:31; 18:2, 11; Nehemiah
11:29

Jerusalem
Section

 

Ascension

Acts 1

City of David

2 Samuel 5:6-10; 11:2; 1 Kings
8; 1 Chronicles 11:4ff; 2 Chronicles 5:2; 32:4

Dominus Flavit             

Luke 19

Dormition

None

Garden Tomb

John 18-20

Gethsemame    

Matthew 26:36-56; Mark 14:32-50;
Luke 22:39-53; John18:1-14

Holy Sepulchre            

John 18-20

King David’s Tomb

1 Kings 2:10

Last Supper Room

John 13-17

Mt of Olives    

2 Samuel 15:30; Matthew 21:1ff;
26:30; Mark 11:1ff; 13:3; 14:26; Luke 19:29, 37, 41-44, 21:37; John 8:1; Acts
1:6-12

Mt. Zion            

2 Kings 2:10; Matthew 26:17-35;
Mark 14:12-25; Luke 22:7-38; John 13-17

St. Peter en Gallicantu

Matthew 26:57-27:5; Mark
14:53-15:1; Luke 22: 54-71; John 18:12-27

Temple Mount & Excavations              

2 Samuel 24; 1 Kings 6:14;
Isaiah. 66:14; Matthew 12:6; Luke 2:46; John 2:19