Places in the Bible Today:

Salt Sea

Data

Translated NamesDead Sea, Dead Sea Valley, Salt Sea, Sea, Sea of Arabah, sea of Arabah, Sea of the Arabah, sea of the Arabah
Typebody of water
Geo Data KML (for Google Earth)
GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

1 Identification

  1. Dead Sea (modern): very high confidence
    1. panorama of the Dead SeaDead Sea

Verses (21)

Gen-Deut (5)
Gen 14:3
Num 34:3, 34:12
Deut 3:17, 4:49
Josh-Ruth (5)
Josh 3:16, 12:3, 15:2, 15:5, 18:19
1Sam-Esth (2)
2Kgs 14:25
2Chr 20:2
Job-Mal (9)
Isa 16:8
Jer 48:32
Ezek 39:11, 47:8, 47:9, 47:10, 47:18
Joel 2:20
Zech 14:8

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Biblemapper.com1033
Logos FactbookSalt Sea
OpenBible.info (2007)Salt Sea, Sea of the Arabah
OpenBible.infoabed304 (Salt Sea)
Pleiades697709
TIPNRSalt_Sea@Gen.14.3
WikidataQ23883

Image

panorama of the Dead Sea
Credit: Mujaddara (modified)

About

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

While I consulted sources for this place, there were no major disputes about its modern location.