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Biblical Places

Explore the locations of Scripture — where it all went down.

86 locations across the biblical world

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Patmos

Aegean Sea

The island where John received the visions of Revelation

10 chapters

Samothrace

Aegean Sea

An island Paul passed on his second missionary journey

1 chapter

Bithynia

Asia Minor

A region in Asia Minor where the Spirit forbade Paul to go

2 chapters

Colossae

Asia Minor

A small city where Paul wrote to combat weird false teachings

5 chapters

Derbe

Asia Minor

A city in Galatia where Paul preached on his first missionary journey

3 chapters

Ephesus

Asia Minor

Major city in Asia Minor — Paul's base for years

18 chapters

Galatia

Asia Minor

A region in central Turkey where Paul's churches were being led astray

9 chapters

Iconium

Asia Minor

A city in Asia Minor where Paul and Barnabas planted a church — and nearly got stoned

2 chapters

Laodicea

Asia Minor

One of the 7 churches of Revelation — the 'lukewarm' church

1 chapter

Lystra

Asia Minor

Timothy's hometown — where Paul was stoned and left for dead

2 chapters

Miletus

Asia Minor

A coastal city where Paul gave his emotional farewell to the Ephesian elders

1 chapter

Pergamum

Asia Minor

One of the 7 churches of Revelation — 'where Satan's throne is'

1 chapter

Philadelphia

Asia Minor

One of the 7 churches of Revelation — the faithful church with an 'open door'

1 chapter

Pontus

Asia Minor

A Black Sea region home to Jewish diaspora communities

1 chapter

Sardis

Asia Minor

One of the 7 churches of Revelation — 'you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead'

1 chapter

Smyrna

Asia Minor

One of the 7 churches of Revelation — praised for faithfulness under persecution

1 chapter

Thyatira

Asia Minor

One of the 7 churches of Revelation — known for purple dye trade

2 chapters

Troas

Asia Minor

A port city where Paul received the Macedonian call — 'Come over and help us'

2 chapters

Bethel

Benjamin

Where Jacob dreamed of a stairway to heaven

32 chapters

Tarsus

Cilicia

Paul's hometown — a major intellectual center in the Roman Empire

2 chapters

Sodom

Dead Sea region

An ancient city God destroyed with fire for its extreme wickedness

15 chapters

Decapolis

East of Jordan

Ten Greek cities east of the Jordan — Gentile territory

4 chapters

Moab

East of Jordan

The plateau east of the Dead Sea — where Ruth came from

45 chapters

Shiloh

Ephraim

Where the Tabernacle rested for 300 years — until the Philistines took the Ark

16 chapters

Bethsaida

Galilee

Hometown of Peter, Andrew, and Philip — fishing village on the lake

5 chapters

Cana

Galilee

Where Jesus turned water into wine — His first miracle

3 chapters

Capernaum

Galilee

Jesus' home base during His ministry — miracle central

10 chapters

Galilee

Galilee

The region where Jesus did most of His ministry

40 chapters

Mount Carmel

Galilee

Where Elijah called fire from heaven and ended a drought

9 chapters

Nazareth

Galilee

Where Jesus grew up — a tiny, nobody town in Galilee

14 chapters

Sea of Galilee

Galilee

The lake where Jesus called fishermen and walked on water

20 chapters

Achaia

Greece

A Roman province in southern Greece — Corinth was its capital

2 chapters

Athens

Greece

Greece's intellectual capital — where Paul debated philosophers at the Areopagus

3 chapters

Corinth

Greece

Major Greek city where Paul planted a messy but important church

31 chapters

Macedonia

Greece

The Greek region Paul crossed into — launching the gospel into Europe

6 chapters

Nicopolis

Greece

A city in western Greece where Paul planned to spend the winter

Philippi

Greece

Where Paul and Silas were jailed — and sang their way to freedom

9 chapters

Thessalonica

Greece

Where Paul planted a church and then wrote them two letters

11 chapters

Puteoli

Italy

The Italian port where Paul landed on his way to Rome

1 chapter

Rome

Italy

Capital of the empire — where Paul was imprisoned

34 chapters

Jezreel

Jezreel Valley

The valley where major battles were fought — and the city of wicked king Ahab

17 chapters

Gilgal

Jordan Valley

Israel's base camp on the west side of the Jordan — first stop in the Promised Land

16 chapters

Jordan River

Jordan Valley

Where John baptized people — including Jesus

71 chapters

Bethany

Judea

Village near Jerusalem — home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus

9 chapters

Bethlehem

Judea

Where Jesus was born — David's hometown too

27 chapters

Caesarea

Judea

The Roman administrative capital of Judea — a major hub in Acts

8 chapters

Gethsemane

Judea

The garden where Jesus prayed before His arrest

2 chapters

Golgotha

Judea

Place of the Skull — where Jesus was crucified

6 chapters

Hebron

Judea

Abraham's home base — one of the oldest cities in the world

35 chapters

Jericho

Judea

Ancient city where Jesus healed blind Bartimaeus and met Zacchaeus

39 chapters

Jerusalem

Judea

The capital city and site of the Temple — the center of Jewish worship

350 chapters

Joppa

Judea

A coastal city where Peter had his vision about clean and unclean animals

4 chapters

Judah

Judea

The southern kingdom of Israel — where Jerusalem and the Davidic dynasty were

220 chapters

Judea

Judea

The southern region of Israel — centered on Jerusalem and Bethlehem

30 chapters

Mount of Olives

Judea

Hill east of Jerusalem — site of key moments in Jesus' life

13 chapters

Mount Zion

Judea

Jerusalem's sacred hill — a symbol of God's presence and His eternal kingdom

23 chapters

Canaan

Levant

The land God promised to Abraham — what Israel spent centuries trying to get to

65 chapters

Berea

Macedonia

Where the Bereans examined the Scriptures daily to verify Paul's teaching

2 chapters

Neapolis

Macedonia

The port city where Paul first set foot in Europe

1 chapter

Crete

Mediterranean

Mediterranean island where Titus organized the early churches

4 chapters

Cyprus

Mediterranean

A Mediterranean island — Barnabas' homeland and first stop on Paul's missionary journey

5 chapters

Italy

Mediterranean

The Roman heartland — home of Rome and the believers who sent greetings in Hebrews 13

1 chapter

Malta

Mediterranean

The island where Paul was shipwrecked on his way to Rome

1 chapter

Assyria

Mesopotamia

The brutal empire that conquered and scattered the northern kingdom of Israel

46 chapters

Babel

Mesopotamia

Where humanity tried to build a tower to heaven — and God scattered the languages

3 chapters

Babylon

Mesopotamia

The great empire that conquered Judah and took Israel into exile

119 chapters

Nineveh

Mesopotamia

Capital of Assyria — and the city Jonah really didn't want to visit

11 chapters

Ur

Mesopotamia

Abraham's hometown — where it all started

4 chapters

Asia Minor

Modern-day Turkey

The region covering modern-day Turkey — home to many early churches

11 chapters

Beersheba

Negev

The southernmost city of Israel — 'from Dan to Beersheba' meant the whole country

19 chapters

Cyrene

North Africa

A North African city — home of Simon who carried Jesus' cross

6 chapters

Egypt

North Africa

Where Jesus' family fled to escape Herod

155 chapters

Caesarea Philippi

Northern Israel

Where Peter declared Jesus is the Christ

3 chapters

Haran

Northern Syria

Where Abraham's family stopped on the way to Canaan

11 chapters

Persia

Persia

The empire that replaced Babylon and let Israel go home

24 chapters

Susa

Persia

Ancient Persian capital where Esther became queen

8 chapters

Sidon

Phoenicia

An ancient Phoenician port city on the Mediterranean coast

24 chapters

Tyre

Phoenicia

A wealthy Phoenician port city — famous for its trade and pride

26 chapters

Samaria

Samaria

The region Jews avoided — but Jesus didn't

37 chapters

Shechem

Samaria

Where Israel gathered to renew the covenant — again and again

17 chapters

Syracuse

Sicily

A city in Sicily where Paul stopped en route to Rome

1 chapter

Mount Sinai

Sinai Peninsula

Where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments

49 chapters

Edom

South of Dead Sea

The land of Esau's descendants — Israel's complicated neighbor

39 chapters

Antioch

Syria

First place believers were called 'Christians'

7 chapters

Damascus

Syria

Where Paul was blinded and converted on the road

18 chapters

Heaven

Transcendent

God's dwelling place — where things work the way they're supposed to

42 chapters