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Mar 24, 2024 · 55 Bible Locations (today) with Interactive Map. posted in General on March 24, 2024 by Bryan E. Robinson. SHARE. Tweet. These 55 Bible locations are significant throughout Scripture, representing the movement of people, the sites of important events, and the centers of political and religious power throughout the Biblical period.
- JERICHO. The ancient city of Jericho was well known for its outstanding fortification. The wall was so thick a woman had her house built within its structure (Joshua 2:15).
- CANAAN. Like many early kingdoms, settlements or lands, Canaan was named after its founder. He was the son of Ham and grandson of Noah the ark builder. His firstborn was Sidon from where the Sidonians, who occupied the coastal areas of the Great Sea (the Mediterranean), descended.
- GOSHEN. Before the exodus, Joseph gave this land of ancient Egypt to his relatives. During Moses’ time the area was a sanctuary for the Israelites as God judged the kingdom that enslaved them.
- SINAI. The mountain from which God gave the Israelites his law is situated somewhere in this ancient wilderness. On several occasions Moses went up the heights to receive various instructions.
Search and find the location of every identifiable place mentioned in the Bible. Location data from openbible.info, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
The coastal plain, hill country, and Jordan Valley mentioned in biblical texts are identifiable in these regions today. For instance, Jerusalem, a city of profound biblical significance, is located in the modern state of Israel. The Dead Sea, referred to as the Salt Sea in the Bible, remains a prominent geographical feature in the region.
- What Are Your Sources?
- What Are Your Qualifications?
- Can I Use These files?
- Where’s The Raw Data?
The sources for individual locations appear on their respective pages. For example, Abdonhas over 20 sources attesting to its location.
I don’t have any special qualifications, only a lot of free time. I graduated from Wheaton College, Illinois (2000), where I took a class that involved some Bible geography (in addition to traveling to many of the places listed), as well as a number of geology courses, but that’s it.
Absolutely! That’s why they’re here. The dataset as a whole is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license, meaning that you can use them for any purpose you want as long as you credit OpenBible.info. Some data is from OpenStreetMap, which has its own open license. The images come in a variety of open licenses.
The data is available on GitHub. The older, 2007 version of this data is two files: a tab-delimited raw version and a somewhat more useful merged version. The raw version contains a number of notes and other miscellania.
While I consulted sources for this place, there were no major disputes about its modern location. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License . All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version.
“Even today, it remains the most popular, and its view of ancient history is still more widely and commonly known than is that of any other.” As a result, “millions of people today know of Nebuchadnezzar, and have never heard of Pericles, simply because Nebuchadnezzar is mentioned prominently in the Bible and Pericles is never ...
