Places in 2 Samuel
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Chapters with Places
- 2 Samuel 1 (4 places)
- 2 Samuel 2 (14 places)
- 2 Samuel 3 (9 places)
- 2 Samuel 4 (6 places)
- 2 Samuel 5 (10 places)
- 2 Samuel 6 (5 places)
- 2 Samuel 7 (1 place: Egypt)
- 2 Samuel 8 (16 places)
- 2 Samuel 9 (2 places)
- 2 Samuel 10 (12 places)
- 2 Samuel 11 (4 places)
- 2 Samuel 12 (3 places)
- 2 Samuel 13 (5 places)
- 2 Samuel 14 (3 places)
- 2 Samuel 15 (9 places)
- 2 Samuel 16 (4 places)
- 2 Samuel 17 (12 places)
- 2 Samuel 18 (6 places)
- 2 Samuel 19 (7 places)
- 2 Samuel 20 (4 places)
- 2 Samuel 21 (11 places)
- 2 Samuel 23 (25 places)
- 2 Samuel 24 (11 places)
Places
Place |
Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map) |
Abel-beth-maacah 2Sam 20:14, 20:15, 20:18 |
Tel Abel Beth Maacah
|
Adullam 2Sam 23:13 |
Khirbet esh Sheikh Madhkur
Khirbet Id el Minya
|
Amalek 2Sam 8:12 |
Amalek
|
Ammah 2Sam 2:24 |
in the region east of Gibeon
within 10 km of Sahel Geba
|
Ammon 2Sam 8:12, 10:1, 14 more |
Ammon
|
Anathoth 2Sam 23:27 |
Ras el Kharruba
Anata
Khirbet Deir es Sidd
|
Arabah 2Sam 2:29, 4:7, 23:31 |
Arabah
|
Aram 2Sam 8:6, 15:8 |
Aram
|
Aroer 1 2Sam 24:5 |
Arair
|
Ashkelon 2Sam 1:20 |
Tel Ashkelon
|
Baale-judah 2Sam 6:2 |
Deir el Azar
|
Baal-hazor 2Sam 13:23 |
Jebel Asur
Khirbet Hazzur
|
Baal-perazim 2Sam 5:20 |
Sheikh Badr
Ez Zuhur
Abu Tor
Gilo
Mar Elias
|
Bahurim 2Sam 3:16, 16:5, 3 more |
Ras Tumeim
Khirbet Buqei Dan
|
Beeroth 2Sam 4:2, 4:3, 2 more |
Al Bira
Khirbet el Burj
Nabi Samwil
Ras et Tahuneh
El Jib
Biddu
Khirbet Raddana
Tell en Nasbeh
|
Beersheba 1 2Sam 3:10, 17:11, 3 more |
Tel Beer Sheva
Bir es Seba
|
Berothai 2Sam 8:8 |
Brital
Ain Bourdai
Beirut
Ghantur
Ras Baalbek
Tell Maqne
|
Bethlehem 1 2Sam 2:32, 21:19, 4 more |
Bethlehem
|
Beth-rehob 2Sam 10:6 |
in the Beqaa Valley
Banias
in the upper Huleh Valley
Hunin
Tel Dan
|
Beth-shan 2Sam 21:12 |
Tel Bet Shean
|
Carmel 1 2Sam 2:2, 3:3, 23:35 |
Khirbet el Kirmil
|
City of David 2Sam 5:7, 5:9, 3 more |
City of David
|
Damascus 2Sam 8:5, 8:6 |
Damascus
|
Dan 2Sam 3:10, 17:11, 3 more |
Tel Dan
|
Edom 2Sam 8:12, 8:13, 8:14 |
Edom
|
Egypt 2Sam 7:6, 7:23 |
Egypt
|
En-rogel 2Sam 17:17, 17:18 |
Bir Ayub
Ain el Madauwerah
Gihon Spring
|
Ephes-dammim 2Sam 23:9 |
Khirbet Damun
Khirbet Beit Fasal
Khirbet Qeiyafa
|
Ephraim 1 2Sam 13:23 |
Taybeh
Al Qastal
|
Ephraim 3 2Sam 18:6 |
Ephraim 3
|
Ethiopia 2Sam 18:21, 18:31 |
Ethiopia
|
Euphrates 2Sam 8:3, 10:16 |
Euphrates River
|
Gaash 2Sam 23:30 |
within 10 km of Khirbet Tibnah
Khirbet esh Shuna
|
Gath 1 2Sam 1:20, 15:18, 6 more |
Tell es Safi
Tell esh Sharia
Ras Abu Hamid
Tel Haror
Tel Nagila
Tel Erani
|
Gath 3 2Sam 6:10 |
Tell es Safi
Tell esh Sharia
Ras Abu Hamid
Tel Erani
Tel Nagila
Tel Haror
Tel Gerisa
Tel Zeton
within 7 km of Lod
Mashhad
Tel Gat Hefer
within 30 km of Al Bira
Jett
within 30 km of Khirbet el Burj
within 30 km of Nabi Samwil
Al Burj
within 30 km of Biddu
within 30 km of El Jib
within 30 km of Khirbet Raddana
Ramla
within 30 km of Ras et Tahuneh
within 30 km of Tell en Nasbeh
|
Geba 2 2Sam 5:25 |
El Jib
Jaba
Tel el Ful
|
Geshur 2Sam 3:3, 13:37, 4 more |
Geshur
|
Gezer 2Sam 5:25 |
Tel Gezer
|
Giah 2Sam 2:24 |
within 10 km of the region east of Gibeon
Sahel Geba
within 10 km of Sahel Geba
|
Gibeah 1 2Sam 6:3, 6:4, 2 more |
Tel el Ful
Jaba
|
Gibeon 2Sam 2:12, 2:13, 5 more |
El Jib
|
Gilead 1 2Sam 2:9, 17:26, 3 more |
Gilead 1
|
Gilgal 1 2Sam 19:15, 19:40 |
Khirbet el Mefjir
Khirbet en Nitleh
Bedhat esh Sha'ab
El 'Unuq
Suwwanet eth Thaniya
Tell el Jurn
|
Giloh 2Sam 15:12, 23:34 |
within 6 km of Khirbet Rabud
Khirbet Jala
Dahriya
Khirbet Kafr Jul
|
Gittaim 2Sam 4:3 |
Ras Abu Hamid
Ramla
Jett
Al Burj
within 7 km of Lod
within 30 km of Al Bira
within 30 km of Khirbet el Burj
within 30 km of Nabi Samwil
within 30 km of El Jib
within 30 km of Biddu
within 30 km of Ras et Tahuneh
within 30 km of Tell en Nasbeh
within 30 km of Khirbet Raddana
|
Gob 2Sam 21:18, 21:19 |
Tel Gezer
Ras el Mesharif
Ras Umm et Tala
Tell Melat
French Hill
Isawiya
Aqir
Qibya
Et Tur
Qu'meh
Ras Tumeim
Ras Abu Hamid
Khirbet Qeiyafa
|
Hamath 1 2Sam 8:9 |
Hama
|
Harod 2 2Sam 23:25 |
Khirbet el Harazan
Well of Harod
|
Hebron 2Sam 2:1, 2:3, 22 more |
Tel Rumeida
|
Helam 2Sam 10:16, 10:17 |
Alma
in the region between Damascus and Hamath
Aleppo
Alamatha
|
Helkath-hazzurim 2Sam 2:16 |
within 500 m of El Jib
|
Horonaim 2 2Sam 13:34 |
Beit Ur al Tahta
El Iraq
Khirbet Ai
Medinet er Ras
Tell el Mise
Ed Deir
Kathrabba
Khirbet Dhubab
Khirbet Meidan
|
Hushah 2Sam 21:18, 23:27 |
Husan
|
Jabesh-gilead 2Sam 2:4, 2:5, 21:12 |
Tell el Maqlub
Tell Abu el Kharaz
Tall al Meqbarah
|
Jattir 2Sam 23:38 |
Khirbet Attir
|
Jazer 2Sam 24:5 |
Khirbet Jazzir
Khirbet Sara
Tell el Areme
Khirbet es Sireh
Kom Yajuz
Yajuz
|
Jericho 1 2Sam 10:5 |
Tell es Sultan
|
Jerusalem 2Sam 5:5, 5:6, 35 more |
Jerusalem
|
Jezreel 2 2Sam 2:9, 4:4 |
Tel Yizre'el
|
Jezreel 3 2Sam 2:2, 3:2 |
within 7 km of Yatta
Khirbet Tarrama
Khirbet Fattuh
Khirbet el Kufeir
Tel Yizre'el
|
Jordan 1 2Sam 2:29, 10:17, 15 more |
Jordan River
|
Jordan Valley 2Sam 18:23 |
Jordan Valley
|
Kabzeel 2Sam 23:20 |
Khirbet Hora
Tel Ira
|
Kadesh 2 2Sam 24:6 |
Tell Nebi Mend
within 25 km of Mount Hermon
Tel Kedesh
Khirbet Qedish
Tell Qisyon
Tell Rekhesh
Tell Abu Qedeis
Tell el Ajjul
|
Kidron 2Sam 15:22, 15:23 |
Kidron River
|
King's Valley 2Sam 18:18 |
intersection of Kidron Valley and Valley of Hinnom
Kidron River
Hinnom Valley
Wadi al Joz
region around Ramat Rahel
|
Lehi 2Sam 23:11 |
Khirbet es Siyyagh
Arak Ismain
Bayt Itab
|
Lo-debar 2Sam 9:4, 9:5, 17:27 |
Umm ed Debar
Tel Dover
Tell el Hamme
Ibdar
Khirbet Hamid
Tell el Mughanniya
|
Maacah 2Sam 10:6, 10:8, 23:34 |
Maacah
|
Mahanaim 2Sam 2:8, 2:10, 6 more |
Tell edh Dhahab el Gharbi
Tell Hejaj
Khirbet Mehna
Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh
Tell er Reheil
Sleikhat
|
Metheg-ammah 2Sam 8:1 |
Tell es Safi
Tell esh Sharia
Ras Abu Hamid
Tel Erani
Tel Haror
Tel Nagila
|
Millo 2Sam 5:9 |
in Jerusalem
Stepped Stone Structure
City of David
|
Moab 1 2Sam 8:2, 8:12, 23:20 |
Moab 1
|
Mount Gilboa 2Sam 1:6, 1:21, 21:12 |
Mount Gilboa
|
Mount of Olives 2Sam 15:30, 15:32, 16:1 |
Mount of Olives
|
Negeb 2Sam 24:7 |
Negeb
|
Netophah 2Sam 23:28, 23:29 |
Khirbet Badd Faluh
|
Nob 2Sam 21:16 |
Ras el Mesharif
Ras Umm et Tala
Isawiya
Et Tur
Ras Tumeim
Qu'meh
French Hill
|
Perez-uzzah 2Sam 6:8 |
within 1 km of Jerusalem
|
Philistia 2Sam 8:12 |
Philistia
|
Pirathon 2Sam 23:30 |
Farata
Khirbet Ein Fara
Khirbet Abu Musarrah
Khirbet Tarafayn
|
Rabbah 1 2Sam 11:1, 12:26, 4 more |
Amman
|
Rehob 1 2Sam 10:8 |
in the Beqaa Valley
in the upper Huleh Valley
Banias
Tel Dan
Hunin
Tell Bir el Gharbi
Horbat Kenesiyya
Khirbet Da`uk
Tell el Balat
Tell er Rahb
|
Rogelim 2Sam 17:27, 19:31 |
Zaharet
Tell Barsina
|
Shaalbon 2Sam 23:32 |
Salbit
Khirbet Salhab
|
Sidon 2Sam 24:6 |
Sandikli archaeological site in Sidon
|
Sirah 2Sam 3:26 |
Ain Sarah
Serit el Bella
|
Syria 1 2Sam 8:5, 10:9, 6 more |
Aram
|
Tekoa 2Sam 14:2, 14:4, 2 more |
Khirbet Teku'a
|
Thebez 2Sam 11:21 |
Tubas
Tell el Farah
|
Tibhath 2Sam 8:8 |
in the Beqaa Valley
in the region between Baalbek and Kadesh
within 50 km of Brital
Tell Dalhamiya
within 50 km of Ras Baalbek
within 50 km of Ain Bourdai
within 50 km of Beirut
within 50 km of Ghantur
within 50 km of Tell Maqne
|
Tob 2Sam 10:6, 10:8 |
Et Tayibeh
Iraq al Amir
|
Tyre 2Sam 5:11, 24:7 |
Tyre
|
Valley of Rephaim 2Sam 5:18, 5:22, 23:13 |
Valley of Rephaim
|
Valley of Salt 2Sam 8:13 |
Wadi el Milh
Es Sebkha
within 5 km of Lod
about 2 km around Khirbet Hirsha
Wadi Arabah
Wadi esh Shellal
about 1 km around Sarafand el Kharab
|
Zela 2Sam 21:14 |
Khirbet Salah
Khirbet Erha
Khirbet Shab Salah
|
Ziklag 2Sam 1:1, 4:10 |
Tell esh Sharia
Tel Halif
Tel Beer Sheva
Khirbet Zuheiliqah
Khirbet a Ra'i
Tel Haror
Tell Beit Mirsim
Tel Masos
|
Zion 2Sam 5:7 |
Jerusalem
|
Zobah 2Sam 8:3, 8:5, 4 more |
Zobah
|
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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.