Bible Atlas

All the places in the Bible arranged alphabetically. Click the photos for more context.

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Maacah

Possible identifications: Maacah
Josh 12:5, 13:11, 13:13, 2Sam 10:6, 10:8, 23:34, 1Chr 19:6, 19:7

Maarath

Possible identifications: Khirbet Qufin, Khirbet ez Zawiya, another name for Maroth, Khirbet el Hubeila, Rujm es Sabit, Beit Ummar
Josh 15:59

Maareh-geba

Possible identifications: within 2 km of Gibeah 1
Judg 20:33

Macedonia

Possible identifications: Macedonia
Acts 16:9, 16:10, 16:12, 18:5, 19:21, 19:22, 19:29, 20:1, 20:3, 20:6, Rom 15:26, 1Cor 16:5, 2Cor 1:16, 2:13, 7:5, 8:1, 9:2, 9:4, 11:9, Phil 4:15, 1Thess 1:7, 1:8, 4:10, 1Tim 1:3

Machbenah

Possible identifications: another name for Cabbon, another name for Meconah
1Chr 2:49

Machpelah

Possible identifications: Cave of the Patriarchs
Gen 23:9, 23:17, 23:19, 25:9, 49:30, 50:13

Madmannah

Possible identifications: Khirbet Tatrit, Khirbet Umm ed Demineh, Minieh
Josh 15:31, 1Chr 2:49

Madmen

Possible identifications: Dimnah, Haraziya, another name for Dibon 3
Jer 48:2

Madmenah

Possible identifications: Shufat, Isawiya
Isa 10:31

Madon

Possible identifications: another name for Merom, Khirbet Madin, Qarn Hattin, Tell el Khirbeh
Josh 11:1, 12:19

Magadan

Possible identifications: another name for Magdala, along the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee, Majdal
Matt 15:39

Magbish

Possible identifications: Khirbet el Makhbiyeh, not a place (person), Khirbet Qanan Mugheimis
Ezra 2:30

Magog

Possible identifications: another name for Lydia, another name for Scythia, another name for Babylonia
Ezek 38:2, 39:6, Rev 20:8

Mahalab

Possible identifications: another name for Ahlab, not a proper name (region of), Khirbet al Mahalib
Josh 19:29

Mahanaim

Possible identifications: Tell edh Dhahab el Gharbi, Tell Hejaj, Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh, Tell er Reheil, Sleikhat, Khirbet Mehna
Gen 32:2, Josh 13:26, 13:30, 21:38, 2Sam 2:8, 2:10, 2:12, 2:29, 17:24, 17:27, 18:23, 19:32, 1Kgs 2:8, 4:14, 1Chr 6:80, Song 6:13

Mahaneh-dan 1

Possible identifications: in the region between Eshtaol and Zorah, not a proper name (camp of Dan)
Judg 13:25

Mahaneh-dan 2

Possible identifications: another name for Mahaneh-dan 1, within 10 km of Kiriath-jearim, Neve Ilan, not a proper name (camp of Dan)
Judg 18:12

Makaz

Possible identifications: Deir Muheisin, Horbat Avimor, in the Valley of Aijalon, Khirbet Deir Shubeib, Khirbet el Mukheizin
1Kgs 4:9

Makheloth

Possible identifications: Kuntillet Ajrud
Num 33:25, 33:26

Makkedah

Possible identifications: Khirbet el Qom, Khirbet Beit Maqdum, Tell Beit Mirsim, Tel Goded, Khirbet Kheishum, Tell Bornat
Josh 10:10, 10:16, 10:17, 10:21, 10:28, 10:29, 12:16, 15:41

Malta

Possible identifications: Malta
Acts 28:1

Mamre

Possible identifications: Ramat el Khalil, Ain Sebta, Khirbet Nimreh
Gen 23:17, 23:19, 25:9, 35:27, 49:30, 50:13

Manahath

Possible identifications: El Malha, Khirbet Mehna
1Chr 8:6

Maon

Possible identifications: Tel Main
Josh 15:55, Judg 10:12, 1Sam 25:2

Marah

Possible identifications: Ain Hawarah, Bir Mara, Uyun Musa, Bitter Lakes
Exod 15:23, 15:25, 15:27, Num 33:8, 33:9

Mareal

Possible identifications: Tell Thorah, Tell el Ghaltah
Josh 19:11

Mareshah

Possible identifications: Tel Maresha
Josh 15:44, 2Chr 11:8, 14:9, 14:10, 20:37, Mic 1:15

Maroth

Possible identifications: another name for Maarath
Mic 1:12

Masrekah

Possible identifications: within 5 km of Jebel el Musraq
Gen 36:36, 1Chr 1:47

Massah

Possible identifications: another name for Meribah 2, another name for Rephidim, another name for Kadesh-barnea
Exod 17:7, Deut 6:16, 9:22, 33:8, Ps 95:8

Mattanah

Possible identifications: Khirbet el Medeiyineh, another name for Ir-moab
Num 21:18, 21:19

Me-jarkon

Possible identifications: Yarkon River, Ayalon River, Tell Qasile, Tel Gerisa
Josh 19:46

Mearah

Possible identifications: Jezzine, along Wadi Ara, El Mghairiye, not a proper name (cave), En Iron, Khirbet ‘Ara
Josh 13:4

Meconah

Possible identifications: another name for Madmannah, Khirbet Umm ed Demineh, Tell esh Sharia
Neh 11:28

Medeba

Possible identifications: Madaba
Num 21:30, Josh 13:9, 13:16, 1Chr 19:7, Isa 15:2

Media

Possible identifications: Media
Ezra 6:2, Esth 1:3, 1:14, 1:18, 1:19, 10:2, Isa 21:2, Jer 25:25, 51:11, 51:28, Dan 8:20

Megiddo

Possible identifications: Tel Megiddo
Josh 12:21, 17:11, Judg 1:27, 5:19, 1Kgs 4:12, 9:15, 2Kgs 9:27, 23:29, 23:30, 1Chr 7:29, 2Chr 35:22, Zech 12:11

Memphis

Possible identifications: Memphis
Isa 19:13, Jer 2:16, 44:1, 46:14, 46:19, Ezek 30:13, 30:16, Hos 9:6

Mephaath

Possible identifications: Umm ar Rasas, Tell Jawah, Khirbet Nefaah
Josh 13:18, 21:37, 1Chr 6:79, Jer 48:21

Merathaim

Possible identifications: another name for Babylon 1
Jer 50:21

Meribah 1

Possible identifications: another name for Kadesh-barnea
Num 20:13, 20:24, 27:14, Deut 32:51, 33:2, Ps 81:7, 106:32, Ezek 47:19, 48:28

Meribah 2

Possible identifications: within 500 m of Rephidim
Exod 17:7, Deut 33:8, Ps 95:8

Meronoth

Possible identifications: within 6 km of Mizpah 3, Beitunia
1Chr 27:30, Neh 3:7

Meroz

Possible identifications: Khirbet Marus, another name for Shimron-meron, another name for Madon
Judg 5:23

Mesha

Possible identifications: Massa, Mocha, Mesene
Gen 10:30

Meshech

Possible identifications: about 200 km around Gordion
Ps 120:5, Isa 66:19, Ezek 27:13, 32:26, 38:2, 38:3, 39:1

Mesopotamia

Possible identifications: Aram-naharaim
Gen 24:10, Deut 23:4, Judg 3:8, 3:10, 1Chr 19:6, Acts 2:9, 7:2

Metheg-ammah

Possible identifications: another name for Gath 1, not a place (unit of measure or metaphor)
2Sam 8:1

Mezahab

Possible identifications: not a place (person), another name for Dizahab
Gen 36:39, 1Chr 1:50

Michmash

Possible identifications: Mukhmas, Khirbet el Hara el Fawqa
1Sam 13:2, 13:5, 13:11, 13:16, 13:23, 14:5, 14:31, Ezra 2:27, Neh 7:31, 11:31, Isa 10:28

Michmethath

Possible identifications: Khirbet en Nabi, Khirbet Ibn Naser, Mount Kabir, Wadi Bedan, not a proper name (geographical landmark)
Josh 16:6, 17:7

Middin

Possible identifications: Khirbet Abu Tabaq, Qashr el Yahud, Hyrcania
Josh 15:61

Middle Gate

Possible identifications: in Jerusalem, another name for the Gate of the Foundation, another name for the Ephraim Gate, another name for the Fish Gate, Israelite Tower
Jer 39:3

Midian

Possible identifications: Midian
Gen 36:35, Exod 2:15, 2:16, 3:1, 4:19, 18:1, Num 22:4, 22:7, 25:15, 25:18, 31:3, 31:7, 31:8, 31:9, Josh 13:21, Judg 6:1, 6:2, 6:3, 6:6, 6:7, 6:13, 6:14, 6:16, 6:33, 7:1, 7:2, 7:7, 7:8, 7:12, 7:13, 7:14, 7:15, 7:23, 7:24, 7:25, 8:1, 8:3, 8:5, 8:12, 8:22, 8:26, 8:28, 9:17, 1Kgs 11:18, 1Chr 1:46, Ps 83:9, Isa 9:4, 10:26, 60:6, Hab 3:7, Acts 7:29

Migdal-el

Possible identifications: Majdel Selem, within 20 km of Yiron, Khirbet el Mejdel, another name for Magadan, another name for Magdala
Josh 19:38

Migdal-gad

Possible identifications: Khirbet el Mejdeleh, Tel Hasi, Ed Dawaimeh
Josh 15:37

Migdol 1

Possible identifications: Tell el Herr, within 10 km of Tell el Maskhuta, T-211, Jebel Abu Hasa
Exod 14:2, Num 33:7

Migdol 2

Possible identifications: Tell el Herr, Tell Qedua, Tell el Borg, Tell Ahmar, another name for Migdol 1
Jer 44:1, 46:14

Migdol 3

Possible identifications: another name for Migdol 2, another name for Magdolum, Tell el Herr
Ezek 29:10, 30:6

Migron 1

Possible identifications: Tell Maryam, Nahal Mikhmash, not a proper name (threshing floor), about 2 km around Mukhmas, Tell el Askar, Khirbet el Qubba, Makrun
1Sam 14:2

Migron 2

Possible identifications: another name for Migron 1, in the region between Aiath and Michmash, Tell el Askar
Isa 10:28

Miletus

Possible identifications: Miletus
Acts 20:15, 20:17, 2Tim 4:20

Millo

Possible identifications: in Jerusalem, Stepped Stone Structure, another name for the City of David
2Sam 5:9, 1Kgs 9:15, 9:24, 11:27, 1Chr 11:8, 2Chr 32:5

Minni

Possible identifications: about 150 km around Qalaichi
Jer 51:27

Minnith

Possible identifications: Umm el Hanafish, Khirbet Hamzeh, Khirbet el Yadudeh
Judg 11:33, Ezek 27:17

Misgab

Possible identifications: not a proper name (fortress), in Moab 1
Jer 48:1

Mishal

Possible identifications: Tell Keisan, Tell Bir el Gharbi, Tel Nahal
Josh 19:26, 21:30, 1Chr 6:74

Misrephoth-maim

Possible identifications: Litani River, Ain Mesherfi, Khirbet el Musheirifeh, Srifa, Rosh HaNikra
Josh 11:8, 13:6

Mithkah

Possible identifications: within 50 km of Hashmonah, along Wadi abu Taqiya
Num 33:28, 33:29

Mitylene

Possible identifications: ancient theater at Mitylene
Acts 20:14

Mizpah 1

Possible identifications: Jel‘ad, Tall er Rumeith, Khirbet er Rasuni, Suf
Judg 10:17, 11:11, 11:29, 11:34, Hos 5:1

Mizpah 2

Possible identifications: within 30 km of Mount Hermon, Qalat es Subeibeh, about 5 km around Arnah, Marjayoun, Metula, Litani River
Josh 11:3

Mizpah 3

Possible identifications: Tell en Nasbeh, Nabi Samwil
Judg 20:1, 20:3, 21:1, 21:5, 21:8, 1Sam 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:11, 7:12, 7:16, 10:17, 1Kgs 15:22, 2Kgs 25:23, 25:25, 2Chr 16:6, Neh 3:7, 3:15, 3:19, Jer 40:6, 40:8, 40:10, 40:12, 40:13, 40:15, 41:1, 41:3, 41:6, 41:9, 41:10, 41:14, 41:16

Mizpah 4

Possible identifications: another name for Mizpah 1
Gen 31:47, 31:48, 31:49

Mizpeh 1

Possible identifications: another name for Mizpah 3
Josh 18:26

Mizpeh 2

Possible identifications: Tel Nagila, Tell es Safi, Khirbet er Ras, Khirbet Safiyeh
Josh 15:38

Mizpeh 3

Possible identifications: another name for Kir-hareseth, Rujm el Meshrefeh, in Moab 1
1Sam 22:3

Moab 1

Possible identifications: Moab 1
Gen 36:35, Exod 15:15, Num 21:11, 21:13, 21:15, 21:20, 21:26, 21:28, 21:29, 22:3, 22:4, 22:7, 22:8, 22:10, 22:14, 22:21, 23:6, 23:7, 23:17, 24:17, 25:1, 25:2, 33:44, Deut 1:5, 2:8, 2:9, 2:18, 29:1, 32:49, 34:5, 34:6, Josh 24:9, Judg 3:12, 3:14, 3:15, 3:17, 3:28, 3:29, 3:30, 10:6, 11:15, 11:17, 11:18, 11:25, Ruth 1:1, 1:2, 1:4, 1:6, 1:22, 2:6, 4:3, 1Sam 12:9, 14:47, 22:3, 22:4, 2Sam 8:2, 8:12, 23:20, 1Kgs 11:1, 11:7, 11:33, 2Kgs 1:1, 3:4, 3:5, 3:7, 3:10, 3:13, 3:18, 3:21, 3:22, 3:23, 3:24, 3:26, 3:27, 13:20, 23:13, 24:2, 1Chr 1:46, 4:22, 8:8, 11:22, 11:46, 18:2, 18:11, 2Chr 20:1, 20:10, 20:22, 20:23, Neh 13:23, Ps 60:8, 83:6, 108:9, Isa 11:14, 15:1, 15:2, 15:4, 15:5, 15:8, 15:9, 16:2, 16:3, 16:4, 16:6, 16:7, 16:8, 16:11, 16:12, 16:13, 16:14, 25:10, 25:11, 25:12, Jer 9:26, 25:21, 27:3, 40:11, 48:1, 48:2, 48:4, 48:7, 48:9, 48:11, 48:12, 48:13, 48:14, 48:15, 48:16, 48:17, 48:18, 48:19, 48:20, 48:24, 48:25, 48:26, 48:27, 48:28, 48:29, 48:31, 48:33, 48:35, 48:36, 48:38, 48:39, 48:40, 48:41, 48:42, 48:43, 48:44, 48:45, 48:46, 48:47, Ezek 25:8, 25:9, 25:10, 25:11, Dan 11:41, Amos 2:1, 2:2, 2:3, Mic 6:5, Zeph 2:8, 2:9

Moab 2

Possible identifications: Moab 2
Num 22:1, 26:3, 26:63, 31:12, 33:48, 33:49, 33:50, 35:1, 36:13, Deut 34:1, 34:8, Josh 13:32

Moladah

Possible identifications: Khirbet el Waten, Tel Malhata, Khirbet Kuseife, Tel Yeshua
Josh 15:26, 19:2, 1Chr 4:28, Neh 11:26

Moreh 1

Possible identifications: within 1 km of Shechem, in Shechem, another name for the Diviners’ Oak
Gen 12:6, Deut 11:30

Moreh 2

Possible identifications: Givat HaMoreh
Judg 7:1

Moresheth-gath

Possible identifications: Tel Goded, Tel Zayit, Tell Eton, another name for Mareshah
Jer 26:18, Mic 1:1, 1:14

Moriah

Possible identifications: about 2 km around Mount Moriah, about 2 km around Al Eizariya, about 2 km around Mount Gerizim, about 2 km around Moreh 1, about 2 km around Mamre
Gen 22:2

Mortar

Possible identifications: in Jerusalem
Zeph 1:11

Moseroth

Possible identifications: within 50 km of Mount Hor 1, within 50 km of Birein, Avdat
Num 33:30, 33:31, Deut 10:6

Most Holy Place 1

Possible identifications: in the Holy Place 1
Exod 26:33, 26:34, 40:3, Lev 16:33

Most Holy Place 2

Possible identifications: in the Holy Place 2
1Kgs 6:16, 6:17, 6:21, 6:22, 7:49, 7:50, 8:6, 1Chr 6:49, 2Chr 3:8, 3:10, 3:14, 4:20, 4:22, 5:7, Ps 28:2, Ezek 41:4, 44:13, 45:3, 48:12, Dan 9:24, Heb 9:3, 9:7, 10:19, 10:20

Mount Baal-hermon

Possible identifications: another name for Mount Hermon
Judg 3:3

Mount Baalah

Possible identifications: Mughar, another name for Mount Jearim
Josh 15:11

Mount Bashan

Possible identifications: another name for Zalmon
Ps 68:15

Mount Carmel

Possible identifications: Mount Carmel
Josh 12:22, 19:26, 1Kgs 18:19, 18:20, 18:42, 2Kgs 2:25, 4:25, 19:23, Song 7:5, Isa 33:9, 35:2, 37:24, Jer 46:18, 50:19, Amos 1:2, 9:3, Mic 7:14, Nah 1:4

Mount Ebal

Possible identifications: Mount Ebal
Deut 11:29, 27:4, 27:13, Josh 8:30, 8:33

Mount Ephraim

Possible identifications: Mount Ephraim
Jer 4:15, 31:6, 50:19

Mount Ephron

Possible identifications: Al Qastal
Josh 15:9

Mount Esau

Possible identifications: another name for Mount Seir 1
Obad 8, 9, 19, 21

Mount Gerizim

Possible identifications: Mount Gerizim
Deut 11:29, 27:12, Josh 8:33, Judg 9:7, John 4:20

Mount Gilboa

Possible identifications: Mount Gilboa
1Sam 28:4, 31:1, 31:8, 2Sam 1:6, 1:21, 21:12, 1Chr 10:1, 10:8

Mount Gilead

Possible identifications: another name for Mount Gilboa
Judg 7:3

Mount Halak

Possible identifications: Jebel Halaq
Josh 11:17, 12:7

Mount Heres

Possible identifications: another name for Ir-shemesh, Khirbet Harsis, Khirbet Hirsha, Batn Harasheh, another name for Beth-shemesh 1
Judg 1:35

Mount Hermon

Possible identifications: Mount Hermon
Deut 3:8, 3:9, 4:48, Josh 11:3, 11:17, 12:1, 12:5, 13:5, 13:11, 1Chr 5:23, Ps 29:6, 42:6, 89:12, 133:3, Song 4:8, Jer 18:14

Mount Hor 1

Possible identifications: Har Zin, Imaret el Khureisheh, Jebel es Sabha, Jebel el Hamrah, Jebel Nebi Harun
Num 20:22, 20:23, 20:25, 20:27, 21:4, 33:37, 33:38, 33:39, 33:41, Deut 32:50

Mount Hor 2

Possible identifications: another name for Mount Hermon, Jebel Akkar, Ras Shaqqa
Num 34:7, 34:8

Mount Horeb

Possible identifications: another name for Mount Sinai
Exod 3:1, 17:6, 33:6, Deut 1:2, 1:6, 1:19, 4:10, 4:15, 5:2, 9:8, 18:16, 29:1, 1Kgs 8:9, 19:8, 2Chr 5:10, Ps 106:19, Mal 4:4

Mount Jearim

Possible identifications: within 1 km of Chesalon
Josh 15:10

Mount Lebanon

Possible identifications: Mount Lebanon
Judg 3:3

Mount Mizar

Possible identifications: within 30 km of Mount Hermon, another name for Mount Hermon, not a proper name (small mountain or symbolic), another name for Mount Zion, within 5 km of Za’ura, Wadi Za’arah, another name for Dan, Khirbet Mezara
Ps 42:6

Mount Moriah

Possible identifications: Mount Moriah
2Chr 3:1

Mount Nebo

Possible identifications: Jabal al Naba, Rujm Siyaghah, Jebel Osha
Deut 32:49, 34:1

Mount of Olives

Possible identifications: Mount of Olives
2Sam 15:30, 15:32, 16:1, 1Kgs 11:7, 2Kgs 23:13, Zech 14:4, Matt 21:1, 24:3, 26:30, Mark 11:1, 13:3, 14:26, Luke 19:29, 19:37, 21:37, 22:39, John 8:1, Acts 1:12

Mount Paran

Possible identifications: another name for Mount Sinai, not a place (symbolic), in Paran
Deut 33:2, Hab 3:3

Mount Perazim

Possible identifications: within 250 m of Baal-perazim
Isa 28:21

Mount Seir 1

Possible identifications: region around Jebel esh Shera, mountains southwest of the Dead Sea
Gen 14:6, 32:3, 33:14, 33:16, 36:8, 36:9, 36:30, Num 24:18, Deut 1:2, 1:44, 2:1, 2:4, 2:5, 2:8, 2:12, 2:22, 2:29, 33:2, Josh 11:17, 12:7, 24:4, Judg 5:4, 1Chr 4:42, 2Chr 20:10, 20:22, 20:23, 25:11, 25:14, Isa 21:11, Ezek 25:8, 35:2, 35:3, 35:7, 35:15

Mount Seir 2

Possible identifications: Shoresh
Josh 15:10

Mount Shepher

Possible identifications: within 50 km of Haradah, Jebel Araif en Nakah
Num 33:23, 33:24

Mount Sinai

Possible identifications: Jebel Musa, Har Karkom, Jebel Sin Bishar, Ras es Safsafeh, Jebel Serbal, Jebel Katherina, Jebel Hashem el Tarif, Jebel Halal, Har ‘Arif, Jabal al Magharah, Jebel Yeleq, Jabal al Lawz, Al Manifa, Jabal Harb
Exod 16:1, 19:2, 19:11, 19:18, 19:20, 19:23, 24:16, 31:18, 34:2, 34:4, 34:29, 34:32, Lev 7:38, 25:1, 26:46, 27:34, Num 3:1, 28:6, Deut 33:2, 33:16, Judg 5:5, Neh 9:13, Ps 68:8, 68:17, Acts 7:30, 7:38, Gal 4:24, 4:25, Heb 12:18, 12:26