Places in 1 Samuel
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Chapters with Places
- 1 Samuel 1 (3 places)
- 1 Samuel 2 (3 places)
- 1 Samuel 3 (3 places)
- 1 Samuel 4 (3 places)
- 1 Samuel 5 (4 places)
- 1 Samuel 6 (7 places)
- 1 Samuel 7 (11 places)
- 1 Samuel 8 (3 places)
- 1 Samuel 9 (3 places)
- 1 Samuel 10 (10 places)
- 1 Samuel 11 (5 places)
- 1 Samuel 12 (4 places)
- 1 Samuel 13 (12 places)
- 1 Samuel 14 (13 places)
- 1 Samuel 15 (9 places)
- 1 Samuel 16 (2 places)
- 1 Samuel 17 (9 places)
- 1 Samuel 19 (3 places)
- 1 Samuel 20 (4 places)
- 1 Samuel 21 (3 places)
- 1 Samuel 22 (8 places)
- 1 Samuel 23 (11 places)
- 1 Samuel 24 (2 places)
- 1 Samuel 25 (6 places)
- 1 Samuel 26 (5 places)
- 1 Samuel 27 (7 places)
- 1 Samuel 28 (5 places)
- 1 Samuel 29 (2 places)
- 1 Samuel 30 (17 places)
- 1 Samuel 31 (6 places)
Places
Place |
Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map) |
Adullam 1Sam 22:1 |
Khirbet esh Sheikh Madhkur
Khirbet Id el Minya
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Aijalon 1 1Sam 14:31 |
Yalo
Tell el Kokah
Khirbet Haiyan
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Amalek 1Sam 15:2, 15:3, 5 more |
Amalek
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Ammon 1Sam 11:1, 12:12, 14:47 |
Ammon
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Aphek 2 1Sam 4:1, 29:1 |
Tell Ras el Ain
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Arabah 1Sam 23:24 |
Arabah
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Aroer 3 1Sam 30:28 |
Khirbet Aro'er
Tel Esdar
Arair
Umm Sweiwineh
Erjan
Khirbet Udena
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Ashdod 1Sam 5:1, 5:3, 4 more |
Tel Ashdod
|
Ashkelon 1Sam 6:17 |
Tel Ashkelon
|
Athach 1Sam 30:30 |
Khirbet el Ater
Khirbet Attir
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Azekah 1Sam 17:1 |
Tel Azekah
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Beersheba 1 1Sam 3:20, 8:2 |
Tel Beer Sheva
Bir es Seba
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Besor 1Sam 30:9, 30:10, 30:21 |
Nahal HaBesor
Nahal Gerar
|
Beth-aven 1 1Sam 13:5, 14:23 |
Tell Maryam
Et Tell
Khirbet Haiyan
Khirbet Ibn Baraq
Burqa
Khirbet el Maqatir
Khirbet Nisieh
Beitin
Beit Ur al Fauqa
El Q'ada
Al Bira
Burj Beitin
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Beth-car 1Sam 7:11 |
Beit Ur al Tahta
Ein Karim
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Bethel 1 1Sam 7:16, 10:3, 13:2 |
Beitin
Al Bira
Burj Beitin
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Bethel 2 1Sam 30:27 |
Khirbet el Qaryatein
Khirbet ar Ras
Tel Kelekh
Tell es Saqati
Tell Umm Betin
Khirbet et Tubeiqa
|
Beth-horon 1Sam 13:18 |
Beit Ur al Tahta
|
Bethlehem 1 1Sam 16:1, 16:4, 6 more |
Bethlehem
|
Beth-shan 1Sam 31:10, 31:12 |
Tel Bet Shean
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Beth-shemesh 1 1Sam 6:9, 6:12, 6 more |
Tel Bet Shemesh
|
Bezek 2 1Sam 11:8 |
Khirbet Ibziq
Khirbet Salhab
Tell Bezqa
|
Bor-ashan 1Sam 30:30 |
Khirbet Asan
Tell Beit Mirsim
Tel Goded
Khirbet Muleh
|
Bozez 1Sam 14:4 |
Bozez
|
Carmel 1 1Sam 15:12, 25:2, 5 more |
Khirbet el Kirmil
|
Dan 1Sam 3:20 |
Tel Dan
|
Ebenezer 1 1Sam 4:1, 5:1 |
Izbet Sartah
Majdel Yaba
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Ebenezer 2 1Sam 7:12 |
in the region between Mizpah and Shen
Izbet Sartah
Majdel Yaba
Burj el Isaneh
within 5 km of Tell en Nasbeh
within 5 km of Nabi Samwil
|
Edom 1Sam 14:47 |
Edom
|
Egypt 1Sam 2:27, 8:8, 8 more |
Egypt
|
Ekron 1Sam 5:10, 6:16, 3 more |
Tel Miqne
|
En-dor 1Sam 28:7 |
Khirbet es Safsafa
Indur
Tell Abu Qedeis
Khirbet Jadurah
Tell el Ajjul
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Engedi 1Sam 23:29, 24:1 |
Ein Gedi
|
Ephes-dammim 1Sam 17:1 |
Khirbet Damun
Khirbet Beit Fasal
Khirbet Qeiyafa
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Eshtemoa 1Sam 30:28 |
As Samu
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Ezel 1Sam 20:19, 20:41 |
within 1 km of Tel el Ful
within 1 km of Jaba
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Gallim 1Sam 25:44 |
Khirbet Kakul
Khirbet Erha
Araq ed Deir
Bedhat esh Sha'ab
El 'Unuq
Jilya
Khirbet el Mefjir
Suwwanet eth Thaniya
Tell el Jurn
Khirbet en Nitleh
El Khirbeh
Khan el Ahmar
Tal`at ed Damm
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Gath 1 1Sam 5:8, 5:9, 13 more |
Tell es Safi
Tell esh Sharia
Ras Abu Hamid
Tel Haror
Tel Nagila
Tel Erani
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Gaza 1Sam 6:17 |
Tell Harube
|
Geba 1 1Sam 13:3, 13:4, 2 more |
Jaba
Tel el Ful
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Gibeah 1 1Sam 7:1, 10:10, 10 more |
Tel el Ful
Jaba
|
Gibeath-elohim 1Sam 10:5 |
Tel el Ful
Jaba
Nabi Samwil
El Jib
Ramallah
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Gilead 1 1Sam 13:7 |
Gilead 1
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Gilgal 1 1Sam 7:16, 10:8, 10 more |
Khirbet el Mefjir
Khirbet en Nitleh
Bedhat esh Sha'ab
El 'Unuq
Suwwanet eth Thaniya
Tell el Jurn
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Hachilah 1Sam 23:19, 26:1, 26:3 |
Zahrat al Kula
|
Havilah 3 1Sam 15:7 |
Arabian Peninsula
in Babylonia
about 100 km around Ha'il
about 200 km around Sanaa
about 200 km around Zeila
Zahrat al Kula
|
Hazor 1 1Sam 12:9 |
Tel Hazor
|
Hebron 1Sam 30:31 |
Tel Rumeida
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Hereth 1Sam 22:5 |
Kharas
Khirbet Khureise
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Horesh 1Sam 23:15, 23:16, 2 more |
Khirbet Khureise
|
Hormah 1Sam 30:30 |
Tel Masos
Tel Malhata
Tel Halif
Tell esh Sharia
Tel Ira
Shivta
Tell Beit Mirsim
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Jabesh-gilead 1Sam 10:27, 11:1, 7 more |
Tell el Maqlub
Tell Abu el Kharaz
Tall al Meqbarah
|
Jattir 1Sam 30:27 |
Khirbet Attir
|
Jerusalem 1Sam 17:54 |
Jerusalem
|
Jeshimon 1Sam 23:19, 23:24, 2 more |
Jeshimon
|
Jezreel 2 1Sam 29:1, 29:11 |
Tel Yizre'el
|
Jezreel 3 1Sam 25:43, 27:3, 30:5 |
within 7 km of Yatta
Khirbet Tarrama
Khirbet Fattuh
Khirbet el Kufeir
Tel Yizre'el
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Jordan 1 1Sam 10:27, 13:7, 31:7 |
Jordan River
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Keilah 1Sam 23:1, 23:2, 10 more |
Khirbet Qila
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Kiriath-jearim 1Sam 6:21, 7:1, 7:2 |
Deir el Azar
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Maon 1Sam 25:2 |
Tel Main
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Michmash 1Sam 13:2, 13:5, 5 more |
Mukhmas
Khirbet el Hara el Fawqa
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Migron 1 1Sam 14:2 |
Tell Maryam
Nahal Mikhmash
Tell el Askar
about 2 km around Mukhmas
Khirbet el Qubba
Makrun
|
Mizpah 3 1Sam 7:5, 7:6, 5 more |
Tell en Nasbeh
Nabi Samwil
|
Mizpeh 3 1Sam 22:3 |
in Moab 1
Kerak
Rujm el Meshrefeh
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Moab 1 1Sam 12:9, 14:47, 2 more |
Moab 1
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Mount Gilboa 1Sam 28:4, 31:1, 31:8 |
Mount Gilboa
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Naioth 1Sam 19:18, 19:19, 4 more |
within 2 km of Al Ram
within 2 km of Rantis
within 2 km of Beit Rima
within 2 km of Ramallah
within 2 km of Nabi Samwil
within 2 km of Ramat Rahel
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Negeb 1Sam 27:10, 30:1, 2 more |
Negeb
|
Nob 1Sam 21:1, 22:9, 2 more |
Ras el Mesharif
Ras Umm et Tala
Isawiya
Et Tur
Ras Tumeim
Qu'meh
French Hill
|
Ophrah 1 1Sam 13:17 |
Taybeh
|
Paran 1Sam 25:1 |
Paran
|
Philistia 1Sam 31:9 |
Philistia
|
Racal 1Sam 30:29 |
Khirbet el Kirmil
|
Ramah 4 1Sam 1:19, 2:11, 11 more |
Al Ram
Rantis
Ramallah
Ramat Rahel
Beit Rima
Nabi Samwil
|
Ramah 8 1Sam 22:6 |
within 1 km of Tel el Ful
within 1 km of Jaba
|
Ramathaim-zophim 1Sam 1:1 |
Al Ram
Rantis
Beit Rima
Ramallah
Nabi Samwil
Ramat Rahel
Al Bira
|
Ramoth 2 1Sam 30:27 |
Deir el Azar
within 1 km of Kesla
along Wadi el Qeini
Khirbet es Siyyagh
Tulul el Medbah
Arak Ismain
Beer Yeroham
Al Maghar
Bayt Itab
Tel Malhata
Tel Ira
Tel Masos
Horbat Uza
Horbat Tayyav
Nahal Avnon Fortress
Mughar
Qatra
En Hazeva
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Rock of Escape 1Sam 23:28 |
along Wadi Malaqi
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Secu 1Sam 19:22 |
between Gibeah and Ramah
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Seneh 1Sam 14:4 |
Seneh
|
Shaalim 1Sam 9:4 |
about 10 km around Salbit
within 10 km of Taybeh
about 10 km around Rammun
about 10 km around Khirbet Salhab
|
Shaaraim 1 1Sam 17:52 |
Khirbet es Sira
Tall al Ajjul
Tel Sharuhen
Tel Haror
Tel Halif
Khirbet Qeiyafa
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Shalishah 1Sam 9:4 |
about 15 km around Kafr Thulth
about 15 km around Khirbet Sirisye
about 15 km around Khirbet Marjame
about 15 km around Ein Samia
|
Shen 1Sam 7:12 |
Burj el Isaneh
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Shiloh 1Sam 1:3, 1:9, 8 more |
Khirbet Seilun
|
Shual 1Sam 13:17 |
within 10 km of Taybeh
about 10 km around Rammun
|
Shunem 1Sam 28:4 |
Sulam
|
Shur 1Sam 15:7, 27:8 |
region around Ar Ruwaysat
about 30 km around Wadi as Sakriyat
Tel Sharuhen
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Siphmoth 1Sam 30:28 |
within 30 km of As Samu
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Socoh 1 1Sam 17:1 |
Tel Socho
|
Tabor 3 1Sam 10:3 |
within 2 km of Beitin
within 1 km of Beitin
within 2 km of Burj Beitin
within 1 km of Burj Beitin
within 2 km of Al Bira
within 1 km of Al Bira
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Telem 1Sam 15:4 |
Khirbet Umm es Salafe
Horbat Rahba
Khirbet Abu Tulul
El Alem
Khirbet ez Zeifeh
Tel Malhata
|
Valley of Elah 1Sam 17:2, 17:19, 21:9 |
Valley of Elah
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Valley of Jezreel 1Sam 31:7 |
Jezreel Valley
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Valley of Zeboim 1Sam 13:18 |
Wadi Abu ed Diba
Wadi Shaqq ad Dab
Nahal Mikhmash
Wadi al Juththa
Wadi Qelt
Wadi al Fara
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Wilderness of Maon 1Sam 23:24, 23:25 |
Wilderness of Maon
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Wilderness of Ziph 1Sam 23:14, 23:15, 26:2 |
Wilderness of Ziph
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Wildgoats' Rocks 1Sam 24:2 |
within 4 km of Ein Gedi
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Zelzah 1Sam 10:2 |
Khirbet Salah
Khirbet Erha
Khirbet Shab Salah
Beit Jala
Deir el Azar
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Ziklag 1Sam 27:6, 30:1, 3 more |
Tell esh Sharia
Tel Halif
Tel Beer Sheva
Khirbet Zuheiliqah
Khirbet a Ra'i
Tel Haror
Tell Beit Mirsim
Tel Masos
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Ziph 1 1Sam 23:19, 23:24, 26:1 |
Tell Zif
|
Zobah 1Sam 14:47 |
Zobah
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Zuph 1Sam 9:5 |
about 10 km around Al Ram
about 10 km around Beit Rima
about 10 km around Ramallah
about 10 km around Nabi Samwil
about 10 km around Ramat Rahel
about 10 km around Rantis
about 10 km around Al Bira
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This page attempts to identify all possible locations for every place mentioned in this book of the Bible.
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.