Bible Cities

Ancient Aenon - Map of New Testament Israel

AE-NON (springs), A place where John baptized, west of the Jordan, John 3:23....

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Ancient Bethphage - Map of New Testament Israel

BETH`PHA-GE (house of my mouth), A place on the slope of Olivet close to Bethany, Matt 21:1 ; Luke 19:29....

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Ancient En-Gedi - Map of New Testament Israel

EN-GE`DI (fountain of the goat), A town of Judah on the western shore of the Dead Sea, Josh 15:62 ; Ezek. 47:10. Originally called Hazazon Tamar on account of its palm- groves, 2 Chron. 20:2 ; Ecclus. 24:14. It is identified by the fountain of Ain Jidy, on an elevation some four hundred feet above the sea, Gen. 14:7 ; 1 Sam. 24:1-4. Its vineya...

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Ancient Joppa - Map of New Testament Israel

JOP`PA (beauty), A town on the Mediterranean coast of Israel; the seaport of Jerusalem, 1 Kings 5:9 ; 2 Chron. 2:16; Ezra 3:7 ; 2 Kings 14:25. Now Jaffa. It was of Phoenician origin and during the middle ages frequently changed hands by conquest. Now belongs to the Israel....

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Hananiah Scripture - 1 Chronicles 3:21

And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah....

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Hananiah Scripture - 1 Chronicles 3:19

And the sons of Pedaiah [were], Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:...

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Rosetta in Wikipedia

Rosetta (Arabic: ÑÔíÏý Rashid, French: Rosette) is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. It is located 65 km (40 miles) east of Alexandria, in al-Buhayrah governorate. It was founded around AD 800. With the decline of Alexandria following the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517, Rashid boomed, only to wane in importance after Alexandria's...

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Beersheba in Smith's Bible Dictionary

(well of the oath), the name of one of the old places in Israel which formed the southern limit of the country. There are two accounts of the origin of the name. According to the first, the well was dug by Abraham, and the name given to Judah, Jos 15:28 and then to Simeon, Jos 19:2; 1Ch 4:28 In the often-quoted "from Dan even unto Beersheba," Jud 2...

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Thessalonica in Wikipedia

After the fall of the kingdom of Macedon in 168 BC, Thessalonica became a city of the Roman Republic. It grew to be an important trade-hub located on the Via Egnatia, the Roman road connecting Byzantium (later Constantinople), with Dyrrhachium (now Durres in Albania), and facilitating trade between Europe and Asia. The city became the capital of on...

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Zoar Scripture - Genesis 14:2

[That these] made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar....

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