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Bible Places

The cities, regions, and landmarks where the Bible unfolds.

Antioch
Antioch Antioch, in ancient Syria, became the base of operations for the early church's outreach to the Gentile world, and Acts…
Babylon
Babylon Babylon was the powerful ancient Mesopotamian empire and city that conquered the kingdom of Judah, destroyed the Jerusalem temple, and…
Beersheba
Beersheba Beersheba was a well site in the Negev region of southern Canaan, closely tied to both Abraham and Isaac across…
Bethany
Bethany Bethany was a small village near Jerusalem, on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, that became one of…
Bethel
Bethel Bethel, meaning "house of God," was a significant site in the hill country roughly ten miles north of Jerusalem, and…
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Bethlehem is the small town in Judea where Jesus was born, fulfilling a specific, centuries-old prophecy, and it carries deep…
Caesarea
Caesarea Caesarea was a major Roman port city on the Mediterranean coast of Judea, built by Herod the Great with an…
Caesarea Philippi
Caesarea Philippi Caesarea Philippi was a city situated at the base of Mount Hermon in the far north of Israel, near one…
Cana
Cana In the Gospel of John the town of Cana of Galilee is introduced as the setting of a wedding feast…
Canaan
Canaan Canaan was the land God promised to Abraham and his descendants, stretching along the eastern Mediterranean coast, and its conquest…
Capernaum
Capernaum Capernaum was a fishing village on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee that became the base of operations…
Colossae
Colossae Colossae was a city in the Lycus Valley of ancient Phrygia, in what is now western Turkey, situated near the…
Corinth
Corinth Corinth was a wealthy, cosmopolitan Greek city known for its commerce and its notoriously loose sexual morality, where Paul planted…
Damascus
Damascus Damascus, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, is the site of Saul's dramatic conversion on the…
Egypt
Egypt Egypt appears throughout Scripture both as a place of refuge in times of famine and as the setting for Israel's…
Emmaus
Emmaus Emmaus was a village roughly seven miles from Jerusalem, the setting for one of the most vivid resurrection appearances in…
Ephesus
Ephesus Ephesus was a major, influential city in Asia Minor known for its great temple to the goddess Diana, where Paul…
Galilee
Galilee Galilee was the northern region of Israel where Jesus spent most of His childhood and public ministry, a rural area…
Gethsemane
Gethsemane Gethsemane was a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives where Jesus spent His final hours of freedom…
Gilgal
Gilgal Gilgal was the first campsite of the Israelites within the borders of Canaan, established immediately after their crossing of the…
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