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Every named place in the Bible, located with stated precision and uncertainty, with the verses that name each one.
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Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes was one of the great cities of the Roman world and the home of the first largely Gentile church. Believers were first called Christians there, Barnabas and Saul taught there for a year, and the church sent them out on the first missionary journey.
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Bethany
Bethany was a village on the eastern side of the Mount of Olives, a short walk from Jerusalem, and the home of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. Jesus raised Lazarus there, was anointed there, lodged there during the final week, and led His disciples out toward Bethany before His ascension.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem is a town in the Judean hills south of Jerusalem. It was the hometown of David and, according to Matthew and Luke, the birthplace of Jesus. The prophet Micah named it as the place from which Israel's ruler would come.
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Caesarea
Caesarea was the Roman administrative capital of Judea, a harbor city on the Mediterranean built by Herod the Great. Philip settled there, the centurion Cornelius lived there when Peter brought him the Gospel, and Paul was later held there for two years before his appeal to Caesar.
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Caesarea Philippi
Caesarea Philippi was a city at the foot of Mount Hermon, rebuilt by Herod's son Philip and named for Caesar and for himself. In the villages around it Jesus asked His disciples who they said He was, and Peter answered that He is the Christ.
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Cana
Cana was a village in Galilee where Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding, the first of His signs in John's Gospel, and where He later healed an official's son from a distance. Nathanael was from Cana.
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Capernaum
Capernaum was a fishing town on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee that became the base of Jesus's Galilean ministry. Matthew calls it His own town; the Gospels place many healings and synagogue teachings there.
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Damascus
Damascus is an ancient city of Syria, named in Genesis and throughout the history of Israel's kings and prophets. Saul of Tarsus was traveling there to arrest believers when the risen Jesus met him on the road, and in Damascus he was healed, baptized, and first proclaimed Jesus as the Christ.
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Eden
Eden was the garden God planted in the east and where He placed the first humans, with the tree of life at its center. After the fall, God sent the man and woman out and set cherubim to guard the way back to the tree of life.
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Egypt
Egypt is the great kingdom on the Nile where Jacob's family settled, where Israel was enslaved for generations, and from which God brought them out at the exodus. Centuries later Joseph carried the infant Jesus there to escape Herod, and Matthew heard in the return the words of Hosea: out of Egypt I called my son.
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Emmaus
Emmaus was a village about seven miles from Jerusalem, known only from Luke's account of the two disciples who walked there on the day of the resurrection and recognized Jesus when He broke bread at their table.
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Galilee
Galilee is the northern region of the land where Jesus grew up and carried out most of His public ministry. Isaiah had spoken of light dawning on Zebulun and Naphtali, and Matthew reads the Galilean ministry as that light.
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Gethsemane
Gethsemane was a garden or olive grove at the foot of the Mount of Olives, across the Kidron Valley from Jerusalem, where Jesus often met with His disciples. On the night of His arrest He prayed there in anguish and was betrayed there by Judas.
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Golgotha
Golgotha, meaning Place of the Skull, was the site just outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was crucified. The Gospels give its name but not a precise location, and two sites in modern Jerusalem are proposed.
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Jericho
Jericho is an ancient oasis city in the Jordan Valley, the first city Israel took under Joshua and, in the Gospels, the last stop before Jesus climbed to Jerusalem. There He healed blind Bartimaeus and stayed at the house of Zacchaeus.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem is the city David made his capital and where Solomon built the temple. In the Gospels it is where Jesus taught in the temple, shared the Last Supper, was tried, crucified, and rose, and where the church was born at Pentecost.
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Jordan River
The Jordan is the river that flows south from the foothills of Mount Hermon, through the Sea of Galilee, and on to the Dead Sea. Israel crossed it into the promised land under Joshua, and John the Baptist baptized in it, including the baptism of Jesus.
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Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai, also called Horeb, is the mountain where God spoke to Moses from the burning bush and where, after the exodus, He gave Israel the ten commandments and made a covenant with them amid fire, cloud, and trumpet sound.
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Mount of Olives
The Mount of Olives is the ridge east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley, facing the temple. David climbed it weeping in flight from Absalom, Zechariah placed the Lord's feet on it, and Jesus began the triumphal entry from it, taught the Olivet discourse on it, prayed in Gethsemane on its slope, and ascended from it.
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Nazareth
Nazareth was a small village in Lower Galilee where Jesus grew up, which is why He is called Jesus of Nazareth. Luke records the annunciation to Mary there and Jesus's later rejection in its synagogue.
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Sea of Galilee
The Sea of Galilee is the freshwater lake in northern Israel, also called Gennesaret and Tiberias, around which most of Jesus's Galilean ministry took place. He called fishermen on its shore, taught from boats, calmed its storm, and walked on its water.
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The temple in Jerusalem
The temple in Jerusalem was the house of God at the center of Israel's worship, rebuilt after the exile and greatly enlarged by Herod the Great. Jesus was presented there as an infant, taught in its courts, drove out the traders, foretold its destruction, and was accused at His trial of threatening it.
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Wilderness of Judea
The wilderness of Judea is the dry country east of Jerusalem falling toward the Jordan valley and the Dead Sea. John the Baptist preached there, and the Gospels place the forty days of Jesus's testing in the wilderness after His baptism.
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990 places from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0), each with every verse that names them.
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Cabbon
Cabbon was a town in the lowlands of Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 15:40.
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Cabul
Cabul was the name given by Hiram, king of Tyre, to the twenty cities given to him by Solomon. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Kings 9:13.
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Cabul
Cabul was a border town in the territory of Asher. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 19:27.
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Calah
Calah was an ancient Assyrian city built by Nimrod, along with Nineveh and Resen. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at Genesis 10:11.
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Caleb Ephrathah
Caleb Ephrathah was the place where Hezron, the son of Perez, died. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 2:24.
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Calneh
Calneh (Calno) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia, mentioned as one of Nimrod's cities and later as a trading partner of Tyre. Mentioned in 4 verses across 4 books, first at Genesis 10:10.
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Canaan
Canaan was the ancient region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, named after Noah's grandson and later promised to Abraham's descendants. Mentioned in 146 verses across 19 books, first at Genesis 10:18.
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Caphtor
Caphtor, identified as the island of Crete, was the original homeland of the Philistines and a place visited by the apostle Paul. Mentioned in 10 verses across 5 books, first at Deuteronomy 2:23.
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Cappadocia
Cappadocia was a region in Asia Minor where some early Christian believers lived. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Acts 2:9.
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Carchemish
Carchemish was an ancient city on the Euphrates River where the Babylonians decisively defeated the Egyptians. Mentioned in 3 verses across 3 books, first at 2 Chronicles 35:20.
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Carmel
Carmel was a town in Judah, known as the home of Nabal and his wife Abigail, who later married David. Mentioned in 24 verses across 9 books, first at Joshua 12:22.
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Carmel Mount
Mount Carmel was a mountain range in northern Israel where the prophet Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal. Mentioned in 5 verses across 2 books, first at 1 Kings 18:19.
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Casiphia
Casiphia was a place in Babylon where Ezra sent for Levites to join the returning exiles in Jerusalem. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 8:17.
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Cauda
Cauda was an island where the ship carrying Paul sought shelter during a storm on his journey to Rome. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Acts 27:16.
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Cenchreae
Cenchreae was the eastern port of Corinth, where Paul had his hair cut in connection with a vow, and was the home of Phoebe, a deaconess of the church. Mentioned in 3 verses across 2 books, first at Acts 18:18.
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Chaldea
Chaldea was an ancient Mesopotamian empire, known for its astrologers and wise men, that played a significant role in the history of Israel, particularly during the Babylonian exile. Mentioned in 88 verses across 12 books, first at Genesis 11:28.
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Chebar
The Chebar River was a waterway in Babylonia near which the prophet Ezekiel received visions from God during the Babylonian exile. Mentioned in 8 verses across 1 book, first at Ezekiel 1:1.
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Chephar-ammoni
Chephar-ammoni was a town allotted to the tribe of Benjamin. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 18:24.
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Chephirah
Chephirah was one of the Gibeonite towns that became part of the territories of Benjamin and Judah. Mentioned in 4 verses across 3 books, first at Joshua 9:17.
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Cherith
The Brook Cherith was where the prophet Elijah hid and was fed by ravens during a drought in Israel. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at 1 Kings 17:3.
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Cherub
Cherub was a place in Babylonia from which some Jewish exiles returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity. Mentioned in 3 verses across 3 books, first at Ezra 2:59.
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Chesalon
Chesalon, also known as Mount Jearim, was a landmark on the northern boundary of Judah, near Bethshemesh. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 15:10.
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Chesil
Chesil was a town allotted to the tribe of Judah in the southern part of their territory. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 15:30.
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Chesulloth
Chesulloth, also known as Chisloth-tabor or Tabor, was a town on the border between Issachar and Zebulun. Mentioned in 3 verses across 2 books, first at Joshua 19:12.
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Chilmad
Chilmad was a place mentioned by Ezekiel as one of Tyre's trading partners. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezekiel 27:23.
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Chinneroth
Chinneroth, also known as Chinnereth, was a region and a city near the Sea of Galilee, which was also called the Sea of Chinnereth. Mentioned in 3 verses across 2 books, first at Joshua 11:2.
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Chios
Chios was an island in the Aegean Sea where Paul's ship stopped during his journey to Jerusalem. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Acts 20:15.
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Chitlish
Chitlish was a town allotted to the tribe of Judah in the Shephelah region. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 15:40.
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Chorazin
Chorazin was a town in Galilee that Jesus rebuked for its lack of repentance despite the mighty works he had done there. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Matthew 11:21.
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Cilicia
Cilicia, a province in southeast Asia Minor, was the birthplace of Paul and an area where he ministered to the early churches. Mentioned in 8 verses across 2 books, first at Acts 6:9.
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City of Salt
The City of Salt was a town located in the wilderness of Judah, near the Dead Sea. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 15:62.
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Cnidus
Cnidus was a city on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, where Paul's ship stopped during his journey to Rome. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Acts 27:7.
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Colossae
Colossae was a city in the region of Phrygia in Asia Minor, to which Paul addressed one of his epistles. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at Colossians 1:2.
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Corban
Corban refers to an offering dedicated to God, which the Pharisees used to avoid supporting their parents, and also to the temple treasury. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Mark 7:11.
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Corinth
Corinth, an important city in ancient Greece, was the location of a Christian church to which Paul wrote two epistles. Mentioned in 8 verses across 4 books, first at Acts 18:1.
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Corner Gate
The Corner Gate was a fortified gate in Jerusalem's wall, mentioned in connection with repairs and measurements of the city. Mentioned in 5 verses across 4 books, first at 2 Kings 14:13.
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Cos
Cos was an island in the Aegean Sea where Paul's ship stopped during his return journey to Jerusalem. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Acts 21:1.
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Cush
Cush, often translated as Ethiopia, was an ancient region in Africa, mentioned in various contexts throughout the Bible. Mentioned in 44 verses across 16 books, first at Genesis 2:13.
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Cushan
Cushan, a location mentioned in Habakkuk 3:7, is possibly related to Cush or another unidentified place. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Habakkuk 3:7.
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Cuthah
Cuthah was a Babylonian city from which the Assyrian king brought people to settle in Samaria after the deportation of the Israelites. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at 2 Kings 17:24.
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Cyprus
Cyprus, also referred to as Kittim and Elishah, was an island in the Mediterranean Sea that played a significant role in the spread of early Christianity. Mentioned in 15 verses across 6 books, first at Numbers 24:24.
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Cyrene
Cyrene, a city in North Africa, was the hometown of Simon, who carried Jesus' cross, and several early Christians mentioned in Acts. Mentioned in 7 verses across 4 books, first at Matthew 27:32.
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