The Lands of Scripture

The Galilean village where Jesus raised a widow’s only son from the dead.

“Pleasant, beautiful”

The hometown of Jesus, where He grew up after the return from Egypt. Jesus was known as "Jesus of Nazareth" throughout His ministry.

“Possibly "branch" (from Hebrew netzer)”

The harbour where Paul first set foot in Europe, the port of Philippi.

“New city”

The lifeline of Egypt — the river of Moses’ basket, and the first to be turned to blood in the plagues.

“Shihor = "the dark / turbid one"”

The vast capital of Assyria — the city Jonah was sent to, that repented and was later overthrown.

The city of priests where David ate the showbread — and where Saul slaughtered the priests of the LORD.

The fabled far-off land of fine gold to which Solomon’s fleet sailed.

The hometown of Gideon, where he was called and built an altar to the LORD.

The Mesopotamian homeland of Abraham’s kindred, where Isaac and Jacob found their wives.

“Plain of Aram”

The Cyprian capital where the sorcerer Elymas was blinded and the proconsul believed — and where Saul became Paul.

The small Aegean island where the apostle John, in exile, received the visions of the book of Revelation.

The ford by the Jabbok where Jacob wrestled with God through the night and was renamed Israel.

“Face of God”

The church dwelling "where Satan’s seat is" — commended for holding fast amid pagan power.

“Citadel, height”

The faithful church of "brotherly love," set before an open door that none can shut.

“Brotherly love”

The first city in Europe to hear the gospel — where Lydia believed and Paul and Silas sang in prison.

“Named after Philip II of Macedon”

The seaside encampment where Israel was hemmed in just before the crossing of the Red Sea.

The other Egyptian store city the Israelites were forced to build under Pharaoh’s taskmasters.

“House of (the god) Atum”

Israel’s final wilderness camp, opposite Jericho, where Moses gave his farewell before the crossing.

The ancient coastal port where Paul greeted the brethren on his last journey to Jerusalem.

“Named for a Ptolemy”

The Italian harbour where Paul landed and found brethren — the last sea-stop before Rome.

“Little wells / springs”

The royal city of the Ammonites, besieged by David — and the place of Uriah’s death.

“Great (city)”

The home, judgment seat, and burial place of the prophet Samuel.

“Height, high place”

The Egyptian store city the Hebrews built — and the starting point of the Exodus.

“Son of Ra (Egyptian)”

The contested Transjordan fortress where Ahab died in battle and Jehu was anointed king.

“Heights of Gilead”

The sea God parted so Israel passed over on dry ground — and where Pharaoh’s army was drowned.

“Hebrew Yam Suph, "Sea of Reeds"”

The camp where God brought water from the rock and Israel defeated Amalek with Moses’ hands upheld.

“Resting places, supports”

Nebuchadnezzar’s military headquarters, where King Zedekiah was blinded and Judah’s leaders executed.

The river in Babylonia where Ezra gathered the returning exiles and proclaimed a fast before the journey home.

The deep gorge that formed the border of Moab — crossed by Israel on the way to the conquest of Sihon.

“Rushing stream”

The Babylonian canal among the exiles where Ezekiel saw his visions of the glory of God.

The capital of the Roman Empire and the dominant power during the New Testament era. Paul wrote his most comprehensive theological epistle to the church in Rome and was eventually martyred there.

“Capital of the Roman Empire”

The city of Melchizedek, priest-king who blessed Abraham — traditionally identified with Jerusalem.

“Peace”

The capital of the northern kingdom of Israel — later a region whose people Jesus and the apostles reached.

“Watch mountain / watch-tower”

The wealthy old capital of Lydia — the church with "a name that thou livest, and art dead."

A freshwater lake in northern Israel where Jesus called His first disciples, walked on water, calmed a storm, and performed many miracles. The center of much of Jesus's Galilean ministry.

“Also called Chinnereth, Gennesaret, and the Sea of Tiberias”

The rock-fortress of Edom — "the rock" later known to the world as Petra.

“Rock (Greek: Petra)”

Abraham’s first stop in Canaan and a recurring covenant city through the patriarchs.

“Shoulder, ridge”

Israel’s first central sanctuary, where the tabernacle stood for centuries and the boy Samuel was called.

“Place of rest, tranquility”

The town of the generous Shunammite woman whose son Elisha raised from the dead.

The Persian royal capital of Esther, Daniel, and Nehemiah — the great citadel of the empire.

“Lily”

The ancient Phoenician seaport — homeland of Jezebel and a recurring symbol of pagan wealth.

“Fishery”

The persecuted yet faithful church of Revelation — told to be "faithful unto death."

“Myrrh”

The wicked city of the plain destroyed by fire from heaven — and a lasting byword for judgment.

The place east of the Jordan where Jacob built a house and booths for his livestock after meeting Esau.

“Booths, shelters”

The first encampment of Israel after leaving Rameses on the night of the Exodus.

“Booths, shelters”

The Samaritan village by Jacob’s well where Jesus spoke with the woman at the well.

The camp where fire from the LORD burned the murmuring outskirts of Israel.

“Burning”

The Egyptian frontier city where the Jewish remnant fled with Jeremiah after Jerusalem fell.

The far-off seaport of Solomon’s trading ships — and the place toward which Jonah fled from God.

The Judean town of shepherds and sycomore figs — the home of the prophet Amos.

The Edomite region proverbial for wisdom — and named in the prophets’ oracles against Edom.

“South”

The Macedonian capital where Paul’s preaching was said to "turn the world upside down."

“Named after Thessalonike, sister of Alexander”

A city of trade guilds — home of Lydia the seller of purple, and a church warned against "Jezebel."

The swift Mesopotamian river the Bible calls Hiddekel — a river of Eden and the place of Daniel’s great vision.

“Rapid, arrow-swift”

The Philistine border town where Samson sought a wife and slew a lion.

“Allotted portion”

The Aegean port where Paul saw the Macedonian vision that carried the gospel into Europe.

The great Phoenician seaport whose king Hiram supplied cedar and craftsmen for the temple.

“Rock”

The Mesopotamian city of Abraham’s birth, from which God called him to the Promised Land.

The desert region where Ishmael grew up — later a staging ground of Israel’s wilderness wanderings.

The desert on the border of Egypt where the angel of the LORD found Hagar at a spring.

“Wall”