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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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All places A to Z
990 places from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0), each with every verse that names them.
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Naamah
Naamah was a town in the Judean lowlands, mentioned in the tribal allotment of Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 15:41.
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Naaran
Naaran, also called Naarah, was a border town between the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Joshua 16:7.
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Nahalol
Nahalol, also called Nahalal, was a Levitical city in the territory of Zebulun. Mentioned in 3 verses across 2 books, first at Joshua 19:15.
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Nain
Nain was a town in Galilee where Jesus raised a widow's son from the dead. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Luke 7:11.
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Naioth
Naioth was a place near Ramah where David fled to escape King Saul, and where Samuel and a group of prophets lived. Mentioned in 5 verses across 1 book, first at 1 Samuel 19:18.
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Naphath
Naphath was a region in Issachar that contained towns belonging to the tribe of Manasseh. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 17:11.
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Neah
Neah, also called Neiel, was a border town between the territories of Zebulun and Asher. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at Joshua 19:13.
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Neapolis
Neapolis was a port city in Macedonia where Paul landed on his first journey to Europe. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Acts 16:11.
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Neballat
Neballat was a town in the territory of Benjamin where some Benjamites settled after returning from the Babylonian exile. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 11:34.
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Nebo
Nebo was a town in Judah, possibly named after a person, whose inhabitants returned from the Babylonian exile. Mentioned in 3 verses across 2 books, first at Ezra 2:29.
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Nebo
Nebo was a city and mountain in Moab, mentioned in the Old Testament. Mentioned in 7 verses across 4 books, first at Numbers 32:3.
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Nebo Mount
Mount Nebo, also called Abarim, was the mountain from which Moses viewed the Promised Land before his death. Mentioned in 6 verses across 3 books, first at Numbers 27:12.
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Negeb
The Negeb, meaning "south," refers to the semi-arid region in the southern part of Israel. Mentioned in 39 verses across 14 books, first at Genesis 12:9.
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Nephtoah
Nephtoah was a spring that served as a boundary marker between the territories of Judah and Benjamin. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at Joshua 15:9.
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Netaim
Netaim was a place in Judah where potters lived and worked. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 4:23.
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Netophah
Netophah was a town in Judah, known as the hometown of several notable individuals in the Bible. Mentioned in 12 verses across 6 books, first at 2 Samuel 23:28.
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New Gate
The New Gate was a gate in Jerusalem during the time of the prophet Jeremiah. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at Jeremiah 26:10.
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Nezib
Nezib was a town allotted to the tribe of Judah in the lowland region. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 15:43.
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Nibshan
Nibshan was a town in the wilderness of Judah, mentioned in the list of towns allotted to the tribe of Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Joshua 15:62.
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Nicopolis
Nicopolis was a city in Epirus where Paul intended to spend the winter, as mentioned in his letter to Titus. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Titus 3:12.
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Nile
The Nile, the major river of Egypt, is mentioned in various contexts throughout the Bible, often in relation to the history of Israel and God's judgment on Egypt. Mentioned in 38 verses across 9 books, first at Genesis 41:1.
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Nimrim
Nimrim was a place in Moab known for its waters, which are mentioned in the context of God's judgment on Moab. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Isaiah 15:6.
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Nineveh
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, is known in the Bible for its wickedness and its remarkable repentance following Jonah's preaching. Mentioned in 19 verses across 8 books, first at Genesis 10:11.
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Nob
Nob was a city of priests near Jerusalem, known for a massacre ordered by King Saul and as a temporary location of the Ark of the Covenant. Mentioned in 6 verses across 3 books, first at 1 Samuel 21:1.
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Nod
Nod was the land east of Eden where Cain settled after he was banished for killing his brother Abel. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Genesis 4:16.
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