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Places of the Bible

The land where the story happened: gardens, mountains, cities and roads, with the events that took place there.

Babylon

Today: Central Iraq

Capital of the empire that carried Judah into exile.

2 events

Bethlehem

Today: West Bank

City of David and birthplace of Jesus.

3 events

Canaan

Today: Israel / Palestine

The land God promised to Abraham and his descendants.

5 events

Damascus

Today: Syria

Saul met the risen Christ on the road to this city.

1 event

Eden

Today: Unknown (Mesopotamia region)

The garden God planted, where humanity first walked with Him.

1 event

Egypt

Today: Egypt

Place of refuge for Joseph's family and later of Israel's slavery.

2 events

Golgotha

Today: Jerusalem

"The place of a skull", outside Jerusalem, where Jesus was crucified.

1 event

Jericho

Today: West Bank

The first city taken as Israel entered the promised land.

2 events

Jerusalem

Today: Jerusalem

The city of the temple, the crucifixion and the resurrection.

8 events

Mount Sinai

Today: Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

Where God gave the Law to Moses.

1 event

Mountains of Ararat

Today: Eastern Turkey

Where the ark came to rest as the flood waters receded.

1 event

Nazareth

Today: Northern Israel

The town in Galilee where Jesus grew up.

2 events

Sea of Galilee

Today: Northern Israel

The lake around which much of Jesus' ministry took place.

2 events

Ur of the Chaldees

Today: Southern Iraq

The city Abram left when God called him.

1 event