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
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Adullam 2Sam 23:13 |
Khirbet esh Sheikh Madhkur Khirbet Id el Minya
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Amalek 2Sam 8:12 |
Amalek
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Ammah 2Sam 2:24 |
in the region east of Gibeon within 10 km of Sahel Geba
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Ammon 2Sam 8:12, 10:1, 14 more |
Ammon
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Anathoth 2Sam 23:27 |
Ras el Kharruba Anata Khirbet Deir es Sidd
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Arabah 2Sam 2:29, 4:7, 23:31 |
Arabah
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Aram 2Sam 8:6, 15:8 |
Aram
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Aroer 1 2Sam 24:5 |
Arair
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Ashkelon 2Sam 1:20 |
Tel Ashkelon
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Baale-judah 2Sam 6:2 |
Deir el Azar
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Baal-hazor 2Sam 13:23 |
Jebel Asur Khirbet Hazzur
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Baal-perazim 2Sam 5:20 |
Sheikh Badr Ez Zuhur Abu Tor Gilo Mar Elias
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Bahurim 2Sam 3:16, 16:5, 3 more |
Ras Tumeim Khirbet Buqei Dan
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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
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Beersheba 1 2Sam 3:10, 17:11, 3 more |
Tel Beer Sheva Bir es Seba
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Berothai 2Sam 8:8 |
Brital Ain Bourdai Beirut Ghantur Ras Baalbek Tell Maqne
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Bethlehem 1 2Sam 2:32, 21:19, 4 more |
Bethlehem
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Beth-rehob 2Sam 10:6 |
in the Beqaa Valley Banias in the upper Huleh Valley Hunin Tel Dan
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Beth-shan 2Sam 21:12 |
Tel Bet Shean
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Carmel 1 2Sam 2:2, 3:3, 23:35 |
Khirbet el Kirmil
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City of David 2Sam 5:7, 5:9, 3 more |
City of David
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Damascus 2Sam 8:5, 8:6 |
Damascus
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Dan 2Sam 3:10, 17:11, 3 more |
Tel Dan
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Edom 2Sam 8:12, 8:13, 8:14 |
Edom
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Egypt 2Sam 7:6, 7:23 |
Egypt
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En-rogel 2Sam 17:17, 17:18 |
Bir Ayub Ain el Madauwerah Gihon Spring
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Ephes-dammim 2Sam 23:9 |
Khirbet Damun Khirbet Beit Fasal Khirbet Qeiyafa
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Ephraim 1 2Sam 13:23 |
Taybeh Al Qastal
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Ephraim 3 2Sam 18:6 |
Ephraim 3
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Ethiopia 2Sam 18:21, 18:31 |
Ethiopia
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Euphrates 2Sam 8:3, 10:16 |
Euphrates River
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Gaash 2Sam 23:30 |
within 10 km of Khirbet Tibnah Khirbet esh Shuna
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Gath 1 2Sam 1:20, 15:18, 6 more |
Tell es Safi Tell esh Sharia Ras Abu Hamid Tel Haror Tel Nagila Tel Erani
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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
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Geba 2 2Sam 5:25 |
El Jib Jaba Tel el Ful
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Geshur 2Sam 3:3, 13:37, 4 more |
Geshur
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Gezer 2Sam 5:25 |
Tel Gezer
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Giah 2Sam 2:24 |
within 10 km of the region east of Gibeon Sahel Geba within 10 km of Sahel Geba
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Gibeah 1 2Sam 6:3, 6:4, 2 more |
Tel el Ful Jaba
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Gibeon 2Sam 2:12, 2:13, 5 more |
El Jib
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Gilead 1 2Sam 2:9, 17:26, 3 more |
Gilead 1
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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
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Giloh 2Sam 15:12, 23:34 |
within 6 km of Khirbet Rabud Khirbet Jala Dahriya Khirbet Kafr Jul
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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
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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
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Hamath 1 2Sam 8:9 |
Hama
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Harod 2 2Sam 23:25 |
Khirbet el Harazan Well of Harod
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Hebron 2Sam 2:1, 2:3, 22 more |
Tel Rumeida
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Helam 2Sam 10:16, 10:17 |
Alma in the region between Damascus and Hamath Aleppo Alamatha
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Helkath-hazzurim 2Sam 2:16 |
within 500 m of El Jib
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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
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Hushah 2Sam 21:18, 23:27 |
Husan
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Jabesh-gilead 2Sam 2:4, 2:5, 21:12 |
Tell el Maqlub Tell Abu el Kharaz Tall al Meqbarah
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Jattir 2Sam 23:38 |
Khirbet Attir
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Jazer 2Sam 24:5 |
Khirbet Jazzir Khirbet Sara Tell el Areme Khirbet es Sireh Kom Yajuz Yajuz
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Jericho 1 2Sam 10:5 |
Tell es Sultan
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Jerusalem 2Sam 5:5, 5:6, 35 more |
Jerusalem
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Jezreel 2 2Sam 2:9, 4:4 |
Tel Yizre'el
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Jezreel 3 2Sam 2:2, 3:2 |
within 7 km of Yatta Khirbet Tarrama Khirbet Fattuh Khirbet el Kufeir Tel Yizre'el
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Jordan 1 2Sam 2:29, 10:17, 15 more |
Jordan River
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Jordan Valley 2Sam 18:23 |
Jordan Valley
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Kabzeel 2Sam 23:20 |
Khirbet Hora Tel Ira
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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
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Kidron 2Sam 15:22, 15:23 |
Kidron River
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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
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Lehi 2Sam 23:11 |
Khirbet es Siyyagh Arak Ismain Bayt Itab
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Lo-debar 2Sam 9:4, 9:5, 17:27 |
Umm ed Debar Tel Dover Tell el Hamme Ibdar Khirbet Hamid Tell el Mughanniya
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Maacah 2Sam 10:6, 10:8, 23:34 |
Maacah
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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
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Metheg-ammah 2Sam 8:1 |
Tell es Safi Tell esh Sharia Ras Abu Hamid Tel Erani Tel Haror Tel Nagila
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Millo 2Sam 5:9 |
in Jerusalem Stepped Stone Structure City of David
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Moab 1 2Sam 8:2, 8:12, 23:20 |
Moab 1
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Mount Gilboa 2Sam 1:6, 1:21, 21:12 |
Mount Gilboa
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Mount of Olives 2Sam 15:30, 15:32, 16:1 |
Mount of Olives
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Negeb 2Sam 24:7 |
Negeb
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Netophah 2Sam 23:28, 23:29 |
Khirbet Badd Faluh
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Nob 2Sam 21:16 |
Ras el Mesharif Ras Umm et Tala Isawiya Et Tur Ras Tumeim Qu'meh French Hill
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Perez-uzzah 2Sam 6:8 |
within 1 km of Jerusalem
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Philistia 2Sam 8:12 |
Philistia
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Pirathon 2Sam 23:30 |
Farata Khirbet Ein Fara Khirbet Abu Musarrah Khirbet Tarafayn
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Rabbah 1 2Sam 11:1, 12:26, 4 more |
Amman
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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
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Rogelim 2Sam 17:27, 19:31 |
Zaharet Tell Barsina
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Shaalbon 2Sam 23:32 |
Salbit Khirbet Salhab
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Sidon 2Sam 24:6 |
Sandikli archaeological site in Sidon
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Sirah 2Sam 3:26 |
Ain Sarah Serit el Bella
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Syria 1 2Sam 8:5, 10:9, 6 more |
Aram
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Tekoa 2Sam 14:2, 14:4, 2 more |
Khirbet Teku'a
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Thebez 2Sam 11:21 |
Tubas Tell el Farah
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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
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Tob 2Sam 10:6, 10:8 |
Et Tayibeh Iraq al Amir
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Tyre 2Sam 5:11, 24:7 |
Tyre
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Valley of Rephaim 2Sam 5:18, 5:22, 23:13 |
Valley of Rephaim
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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
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Zela 2Sam 21:14 |
Khirbet Salah Khirbet Erha Khirbet Shab Salah
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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
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Zion 2Sam 5:7 |
Jerusalem
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Zobah 2Sam 8:3, 8:5, 4 more |
Zobah
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Image Credits
Tel Abel Beth Maacah Excavations, Davidbena, Davidbena, Someone35, Eli.berckovitz, יעקב, Berthold Werner, Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019, Emmanuel DYAN, Anastasia Pozdnyakova, Dosseman, Hanay, Bahnfrend, Deror_avi, יעקב, me, Justin McIntosh, Bukvoed, Mary Madigan, יעקב, Ori~, Alexey Goral, Ar2332, יעקב, דניאל צבי, gugganij, Daniel Baránek, Yoniw, Berthold Werner, Rasmus Bøgeskov Larsen, EdoM, Jotpe, Bukvoed, Lajoya02, A.Sobkowski, Bukvoed, Avraham Graicer, Uri, Ricardo Liberato, kfar hatemanim, עוזי ו., Deror_avi, Yaels, Ralf Lotys, ZeevStein, Freedom's Falcon, Bertramz, Ferrus, Amos1947, Ori~, Danny Gershoni, Aaadir, Amos Meron, יפעת אופק, Ori~, Dr. Avishai Teicher, רחל שרוני, Hanay, ת.ר., ישראל פרקר Israel Preker, ניר 1985, יעקב, Eli.berckovitz, Doronpilas, Ori~, Adeeb Atwan, Zairon, Adam Zartal אדם זרטל, hatul, Rami Atwan, Hoheit, Avi1111, Rotem Danzig, Hidro, Unknown author, יעקב, Djampa, Ynhockey, TheRealHuldra, Hoshvilim, Dr. Avishai Teicher, Frank Kidner, Memorino, Odilia, Matson Photo Service, photographer, Gilabrand, Hanay, Shaofr, Adeeb Atwan, Yazan Al-Hajjaj, Abraham, Godot13, Bukvoed, Stéphanie Gromann, hatul, Bill Rice, Bukvoed, Unknown, published in 1879, Almog, Natalinasser, Aner Ottolenghi, Aaadir, Chris Yunker, DYKT Mohigan, Dror Feitelson, celeumo.Brazil, Bukvoed, savion29, Danny Lyulev, Aaadir, Вячеслав Ребров, E. Rehfeld, יעקב, Ian Scott, Adeeb Atwan, Beivushtang, xiquinhosilva, ליאור גולגר, גד סובול, עדירל, Aaadir, Uri Zackhem, Bukvoed, Dr. Avishai Teicher, שועל, Mujaddara, Ali Muselmani, Sami Bado, Makeandtoss, Vyacheslav Argenberg, Deror_avi, Danny-w, זאב שטיין, bentzy, Stéphanie Gromann, Amos Meron, Gilabrand, Danny Gershoni, Hanay
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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.