Places in Ezra 6

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Places

Place Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map)
Assyria
Ezra 6:22

  1. artifact from NinevehAssyria
Babylon 1
Ezra 6:5

  1. Ishtar gate from BabylonBabylon
Babylonia
Ezra 6:1

  1. Ishtar gate from BabylonBabylonia
Beyond the River
Ezra 6:6, 6:8, 6:13

  1. panorama of hills in the province Beyond the RiverBeyond the River
Ecbatana
Ezra 6:2

  1. ruins at Tell HagmatanaTell Hagmatana
Euphrates
Ezra 6:6

  1. panorama of the Euphrates RiverEuphrates River
Jerusalem
Ezra 6:3, 6:5, 3 more

  1. aerial cityscape of JerusalemJerusalem
Media
Ezra 6:2

  1. ruins at Tell HagmatanaMedia
Persia
Ezra 6:14

  1. panorama of ruins at Persepolis in PersiaPersia

Image Credits

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), Radomir Vrbovsky, Bazminbaz, Philippe Chavin, Ferrus, Godot13, Hadis Faghiri

About

This page attempts to identify all possible locations for every place mentioned in this chapter 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.