Walk the land.

109 places

• Achaia

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Amalek

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Ammon

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Antioch (Syria)

  Syria

  Antakya, Hatay (Turkey)

  Major Hellenistic city on the Orontes; capital of the Roman province of Syria. First place believers were called 'Christians'. Sending church for Paul and Barnabas.

• Arabah

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Aram

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Arnon

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  Wadi Mujib

  A river commonly identified with Wadi Mujib.

• Ashdod

  Philistia

  Ashdod (Israel)

  Philistine city where Dagon's temple stood when the ark was captured.

• Ashkelon

  Philistia

  Ashkelon (Israel)

  Coastal Philistine city.

• Asia

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Assyria

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Athens

  Greece

  Athens (Greece)

  Capital of classical Greece; Paul preached at the Areopagus on the second journey.

• Babylon

  Mesopotamia

  Hillah, near Baghdad (Iraq)

  Capital of the Babylonian empire under Nebuchadnezzar II; site of Judah's exile and of the events of Daniel 1-5. In Revelation, type of the city of man at war with God.

• Babylonia

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Bashan

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Beersheba

  Negev

  Be'er Sheva (Israel)

  Southern boundary of the land 'from Dan to Beersheba'. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all dwelt here; Hagar wandered in its wilderness.

• Bethel

  Ephraim

  Beitin (Palestinian Territories)

  Site of Jacob's ladder dream; later one of Jeroboam I's two golden calf shrines.

• Bethlehem

  Judah

  Bethlehem (Palestinian Territories)

  Birthplace of David and of Jesus the Messiah. Where Rachel was buried; setting of the book of Ruth.

• Bethsaida

  Galilee

  et-Tell, Galilee (Israel)

  Town on the northeast shore of the Sea of Galilee; home of Andrew, Peter, and Philip. Site of the feeding of the 5,000 (per Luke).

• Beyond the River

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Bozrah

  Edom

  Buseirah (Jordan)

  Capital of Edom; subject of multiple prophetic oracles.

• Caesarea

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  Caesarea Maritima

  A settlement commonly identified with Caesarea Maritima.

• Caesarea Maritima

  Judah

  Caesarea (Israel)

  Mediterranean port built by Herod the Great; Roman capital of Judea. Cornelius's conversion; Paul's two-year imprisonment. Distinct from Caesarea Philippi.

• Caesarea Philippi

  Galilee

  Banias / Paneas (Golan Heights)

  Town at the foot of Mount Hermon; setting of Peter's confession ('thou art the Christ').

• Canaan

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Capernaum

  Galilee

  Tel Hum, Galilee (Israel)

  Fishing village on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee; Jesus' base of operations during his Galilean ministry. Home of Peter, Andrew, and Matthew.

• Chaldea

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Corinth

  Greece

  Korinthos (Greece)

  Major Greek port; capital of Roman Achaia. Paul founded the church here on the second journey and addressed two letters to it.

• Cush 1

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Cyprus

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  An island mentioned in scripture.

• Damascus

  Aram (Syria)

  Damascus (Syria)

  Capital of Aram (Syria); enemy of Israel under Hadadezer, Ben-hadad, and Hazael. Site of Saul's conversion vision.

• Dan

  Galilee

  Tel Dan (Israel)

  Northernmost city of Israel ('from Dan to Beersheba'); originally Laish, captured by the tribe of Dan. Site of Jeroboam's other golden calf.

• Dead Sea

  Judah

  Dead Sea (Israel/Jordan border)

  Hypersaline lake at the lowest point on earth; near the destroyed cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

• Dibon 1

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  Tall Dhiban

  A settlement commonly identified with Tall Dhiban.

• East

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  region around Rabbah 1

  A region commonly identified with region around Rabbah 1.

• Edom

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Egypt

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Ekron

  Philistia

  Tel Miqne (Israel)

  Northernmost of the five Philistine cities; cult center of Baal-zebub.

• Elam

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Ephesus

  Asia Minor

  Selçuk, near Kuşadası (Turkey)

  Major Greco-Roman city of Asia; site of the temple of Artemis. Paul's longest ministry (three years). Recipient of Ephesians; home base of John in tradition; one of the seven churches of Revelation.

• Euphrates

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  Euphrates River

  A river commonly identified with Euphrates River.

• Galilee 1

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  Galilee

  A region commonly identified with Galilee.

• Gath

  Philistia

  Tell es-Safi (Israel)

  One of the five Philistine cities; home of Goliath.

• Gaza

  Philistia

  Gaza City (Gaza Strip)

  Southernmost of the five Philistine cities; where Samson died.

• Geshur

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Gethsemane

  Judah

  Garden of Gethsemane, Mount of Olives (Israel/PT)

  Olive grove on the Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed and was arrested.

• Gilead 1

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  A region mentioned in scripture.

• Golgotha

  Judah

  Church of the Holy Sepulchre area, Jerusalem (traditional)

  The hill outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was crucified. Two locations are venerated today: the traditional Holy Sepulchre site (favored by most scholars) and the Garden Tomb (a 19th-c. proposal).

• Goshen

  Egypt

  Eastern Nile Delta (Egypt)

  Region of the eastern Nile Delta given to Jacob's family at Joseph's invitation; home of the Israelites during the four centuries before the Exodus.

• Great Sea

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  Mediterranean Sea

  A body of water commonly identified with Mediterranean Sea.

• Haran (city)

  Mesopotamia

  Harran, Şanlıurfa Province (Turkey)

  City in northwest Mesopotamia where Terah settled with Abraham; later the home of Laban. Important caravan and worship center for the moon god Sin.

• Hebron

  Judah

  Hebron (Palestinian Territories)

  Where Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah; burial site of the patriarchs and matriarchs (Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, Leah). David's first capital, where he reigned over Judah seven years before taking Jerusalem.

• Heshbon

  Moab

  Tall Hisban (Jordan)

  Capital of Sihon king of the Amorites, captured by Israel under Moses; later contested between Moab and Israel.

• Holy Place 2

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  on Mount Moriah

  A room commonly identified with on Mount Moriah.

• Jericho

  Judah

  Tell es-Sultan / Jericho (Palestinian Territories)

  First city to fall in the conquest; its walls collapsed at the seven-day march. Rebuilt under Hiel under Ahab. Setting of Elisha's healing of the spring and of Jesus' meeting with Zacchaeus and Bartimaeus.

• Jerusalem

  Judah

  Jerusalem (Israel/Palestinian Territories)

  Capital of Israel under David and the location of Solomon's first temple and the second temple. Site of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection and of Pentecost. Mentioned by name over 800 times.

• Joppa

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  Jaffa

  A settlement commonly identified with Jaffa.

• Jordan

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  Jordan River

  A river commonly identified with Jordan River.

• Jordan River

  Judah

  Jordan River (Israel/Jordan border)

  River flowing south from the Hermon range through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. Crossed by Israel under Joshua; site of Naaman's healing and of Jesus' baptism.

• Judea 1

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  A region mentioned in scripture.