Biblical places

Babylon

Imperial city of exile and one of scripture’s strongest symbols of pride, captivity, and judgment.

Bethlehem

Small Judean town linked to David, royal memory, and the nativity traditions of Jesus.

Canaan

The promised land in broad outline and one of the Bible’s central geographies of inheritance, struggle, and identity.

Damascus

Ancient city of trade, diplomacy, conflict, and one of the key crossroads of biblical memory.

Egypt

Land of bondage, refuge, empire, memory, and one of the Bible’s great recurring symbolic geographies.

Galilee

Northern region closely associated with Jesus’ ministry, discipleship, crowds, and teaching.

Jericho

Border city of entry, conquest, memory, and one of the Bible’s most famous ancient urban sites.

Jerusalem

The city at the heart of biblical kingship, temple worship, the passion narratives, and Christian memory.

Jordan

River of crossing, boundary, purification, and new beginning in both Testaments.

Judea

Southern biblical region associated with Jerusalem, the temple, and the political-religious core of much of scripture.

Mount Sinai

Mountain of covenant, law, fear, revelation, and one of the defining sacred landscapes of scripture.

Nazareth

Town identified with Jesus’ upbringing and with the ordinary hiddenness before public ministry.

Rome

Imperial center looming behind the New Testament world of occupation, martyrdom, and mission.

Samaria

Name for both a city and a region, often carrying the Bible’s tensions around division, rivalry, and unexpected encounter.