Places in the Bible Today:

Edom

Data

Translated Names	Aram, Arameans, Desert of Edom, Edom, Edomite, Edomites, Esau, Idumea, Syria, Syrians, Wilderness of Edom
Type	region
Notes	Bozrah was the one-time capital
Geo Data	KML (for Google Earth) GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

1 Identification

Edom (ancient): very high confidence
1. Edom

Verses (111)

Gen-Deut (20): Gen 32:3, 36:9, 36:16, 36:17, 36:20, 36:21, 36:31, 36:32, 36:40, 36:43; Exod 15:15; Num 20:14, 20:18, 20:20, 20:21, 20:23, 21:4, 24:18, 33:37, 34:3
Josh-Ruth (5): Josh 15:1, 15:21; Judg 5:4, 11:17, 11:18
1Sam-Esth (35): 1Sam 14:47; 2Sam 8:12, 8:13, 8:14; 1Kgs 9:26, 11:1, 11:14, 11:15, 11:16, 22:47; 2Kgs 3:8, 3:9, 3:12, 3:20, 3:26, 8:20, 8:21, 8:22, 14:7, 14:10, 16:6; 1Chr 1:43, 1:51, 1:54, 18:11, 18:12, 18:13; 2Chr 8:17, 20:2, 21:8, 21:9, 21:10, 25:19, 25:20, 28:17
Job-Mal (51): Ps 60:1, 60:8, 60:9, 83:6, 108:9, 108:10, 137:7; Isa 11:14, 34:5, 34:6, 34:8, 34:9, 34:10, 34:11, 63:1; Jer 9:26, 25:21, 27:3, 40:11, 49:7, 49:8, 49:10, 49:14, 49:15, 49:17, 49:18, 49:19, 49:20, 49:21, 49:22; Lam 4:21, 4:22; Ezek 25:12, 25:13, 25:14, 32:29, 35:15, 36:5; Dan 11:41; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:6, 1:9, 1:11, 2:1, 9:12; Obad 1, 2, 6, 8, 18; Mal 1:4

Linked Data Identifiers

Source	Identifier
Biblemapper.com	20023
Logos Factbook	Edom
OpenBible.info (2007)	Edom, Esau
OpenBible.info	a2735ff (Edom)
TIPNR	Esau@Gen.36.40
Wikidata	Q208475

Sources

Atlas of the Biblical World (2019)
Baker Book of Bible Charts, Maps, and Time Lines (2016)
Biblemapper.com
Carta Bible Atlas, 5th Edition (2011)
ESV Bible Atlas (2010)
HarperCollins Atlas of Bible History (2008)
HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible (1991)
Holman Bible Atlas (1999)
New Bible Atlas (1985)
New Moody Atlas of the Bible (2009)
Oxford Bible Atlas, Fourth Edition (2007)
Rand McNally Bible Atlas (1910)
Rogerson, New Atlas of the Bible (1985)
Rose Then and Now Bible Map Atlas (2013)
Schlegel, Satellite Bible Atlas (2016)
Smith, Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land (1894)
Tübingen Bible Atlas (2001)
Wikipedia: Edom
Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010)

Image

Credit: Uri (modified)

About

This page identifies the current consensus around the modern location of this biblical place.

The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is. Because many ancient regions aren't precisely defined, I consulted atlases to determine where the biblical region is located and used that data to build the isobands. The smaller isobands reflect more confidence that the given isoband is in the region, while the larger isobands reflect less confidence. Isobands are a kind of contour line that here indicate confidence levels.