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Places

Places in the Bible

Cities, regions, rivers and mountains named in Scripture: where they are, the verses that name them, and what happened there.

Most mentioned

1,298 places · page 1 of 22
  1. Jerusalem754 versesCity · also Zion, Jebus, Salem…
  2. Egypt564 versesRegion · also Rahab
  3. Babylon255 versesCity · also Babel, Merathaim, Pekod
  4. Jordan177 versesWater
  5. Moab148 versesRegion
  6. Zion140 versesMountain · another name for Mount Zion
  7. Assyria116 versesRegion · also Asshur, Nimrod
  8. Samaria114 versesRegion
  9. Gilead80 versesRegion
  10. Edom79 versesRegion · also Esau
  11. Canaan76 versesRegion · also Promised Land
  12. Syria64 versesRegion
  13. Galilee63 versesRegion
  14. Bethel (of Palestine)62 versesalso Aven, Beth-aven, Bochim…
  15. Jericho58 versesCity
  16. Hebron56 versesCity · also Kiriath-arba
  17. Lebanon56 versesRegion · first named in Deuteronomy 1:7
  18. Damascus55 versesCity
  19. Bashan52 versesRegion
  20. Tyre52 versesCity
  21. Sodom47 versesCity
  22. Judea44 versesRegion · first named in Ezra 9:9
  23. Midian44 versesRegion
  24. Gibeah41 versesfirst named in Joshua 18:28
  25. Shechem40 versesCity · also Moreh, Shechem (tower)
  26. Heshbon37 versesCity
  27. Negeb36 versesRegion · also South
  28. Gibeon35 versesCity · also Valley of Gibeon
  29. Gilgal35 versesCity · first named in Deuteronomy 11:30 · also Geliloth, Beth-gilgal
  30. Beersheba32 versesCity · also Shibah
  31. Bethlehem32 versesCity · first named in Genesis 35:19 · also Bethlehem Ephrathah, Ephrath
  32. Euphrates32 versesWater · also River
  33. Gath32 versesCity · also Metheg-ammah
  34. Ai31 versesCity · first named in Genesis 12:8 · also Aiath, Aija
  35. Mizpah30 versesCity · first named in Judges 20:1 · also Arimathea, Ramathaim-zophim, Mizpeh…
  36. Nile30 versesWater
  37. Shiloh30 versesCity
  38. Sidon30 versesCity · first named in Genesis 10:19
  39. Nazareth28 versesCity
  40. Judah27 versesRegion
  41. Red Sea26 versesWater
  42. Persia25 versesRegion
  43. Seir24 versesRegion · another name for Mount Seir
  44. Gomorrah23 versesCity
  45. Hamath23 versesCity · also Lebo-hamath, Hamath-zobah
  46. Carmel22 versesCity
  47. Jezreel22 versesfirst named in Joshua 19:18
  48. Lachish22 versesCity
  49. Gad21 versesRegion
  50. Macedonia21 versesRegion
  51. Mount Zion21 versesMountain · also Zion
  52. Asher20 versesRegion
  53. Dan20 versesRegion · first named in Genesis 14:14 · also Laish, Leshem
  54. Ekron20 versesCity
  55. Mount Sinai20 versesMountain · also Horeb, Mount Horeb, Sinai
  56. Ramoth-gilead20 versesCity · also Ramoth, Ramah
  57. Susa20 versesCity
  58. Tarshish20 verses
  59. Ashdod19 versesCity · also Azotus
  60. Gaza19 versesCity

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