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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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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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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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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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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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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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888 places from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0), each with every verse that names them.
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Laban
Laban, a place where Moses spoke to the Israelites (Deu.1.1). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Deuteronomy 1:1.
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Lachish
Lachish, a fortified city in Judah, captured by Joshua and later by the Assyrians (Joshua 10; 2Ki.18.14, 19:8). Mentioned in 22 verses across 7 books, first at Joshua 10:3.
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Lahmam
Lahmam, a city in the lowlands of Judah (Joshua 15:40). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 15:40.
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Laishah
Laishah, a place near Anathoth and Gallim, mentioned in a prophecy of Isaiah (Isaiah 10:30). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Isaiah 10:30.
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Lakkum
Lakkum, a border town of the tribe of Naphtali (Joshua 19:33). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 19:33.
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Lasha
Lasha (Nahaliel), a place marking the extent of Canaanite territory (Genesis 10:19) and a stop in Israel's wilderness journey (Numbers 21:19). Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 10:19.
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Lasharon
Lasharon, a Canaanite city whose king was defeated by Joshua (Joshua 12:18). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 12:18.
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Lebanon
Lebanon, a mountainous region north of Israel, known for its cedar trees and as a symbol of strength and beauty (1Ki.4.33; Psalm 92:12). Mentioned in 56 verses across 16 books, first at Deuteronomy 1:7.
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Lebanon Mount
Mount Lebanon, a mountain range marking the northern border of the Promised Land (Judges 3:3). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Judges 3:3.
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Lebanon Valley
The Valley of Lebanon, a valley in the Promised Land conquered by Joshua (Joshua 11:17; 12:7). Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at Joshua 11:17.
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Lebaoth
Lebaoth, a town in the Negev region of Judah (Joshua 15:32). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 15:32.
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Lebonah
Lebonah, a place near Shiloh in the territory of Ephraim (Judges 21:19). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Judges 21:19.
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Lehi
Lehi, a place where Samson fought against the Philistines and God provided him with water (Judges 15:9, 14, 19). Mentioned in 3 verses across 1 book, first at Judges 15:9.
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Libnah
Libnah, a Canaanite city conquered by Joshua (Joshua 10:29-30) and later designated as a Levitical city (Joshua 21:13). Mentioned in 15 verses across 6 books, first at Joshua 10:29.
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Libnah
Libnah, a place where the Israelites camped during their wilderness journey (Numbers 33:20-21). Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at Numbers 33:20.
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Libya
Libya (Put or Pul), a country in North Africa mentioned in various Old Testament prophecies (Ezk.30.5; 38:5; Nam.3.9). Mentioned in 9 verses across 7 books, first at 2 Chronicles 12:3.
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Lo-debar
Lo-debar (Debir), a town in Gilead where Mephibosheth, Jonathan's son, lived (2Sa.9.4-5). Mentioned in 5 verses across 3 books, first at Joshua 13:26.
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Lod
Lod (Lydda), a city in the territory of Benjamin (1Ch.8.12), where Peter healed Aeneas (Act.9.32-35). Mentioned in 7 verses across 4 books, first at 1 Chronicles 8:12.
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Luhith
Luhith, a place in Moab mentioned in prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah (Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:5). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Isaiah 15:5.
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Luz
Luz, a Canaanite city that was destroyed, and another city built by a man who had betrayed the first Luz (Judges 1:26). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Judges 1:26.
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