Places in Joshua 20

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Places

Place Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map)
Bashan
Josh 20:8
  1. panorama of a plain in BashanBashan

Bezer
Josh 20:8
  1. satellite view of the region around Umm el AmadUmm el Amad

  2. satellite view of the region around Tall JalulTall Jalul

Galilee 1
Josh 20:7
  1. panorama of hills in GalileeGalilee

Gilead 1
Josh 20:8
  1. panorama of hills in Gilead 1Gilead 1

Golan
Josh 20:8
  1. satellite view of the region around Saham al JawlanSaham al Jawlan

Hebron
Josh 20:7
  1. ruins at Tel RumeidaTel Rumeida

Jericho 1
Josh 20:8
  1. ruins at Tell es SultanTell es Sultan

Jordan 1
Josh 20:8
  1. closeup of the Jordan RiverJordan River

Kedesh 5
Josh 20:7
  1. ruins at Tel KedeshTel Kedesh

  2. panorama of Khirbet QedishKhirbet Qedish

  3. satellite view of the region around Tell QisyonTell Qisyon

  4. satellite view of the region around Tell Abu QedeisTell Abu Qedeis

  5. panorama of Tell RekheshTell Rekhesh

  6. satellite view of the region around Tell el AjjulTell el Ajjul

Ramoth 3
Josh 20:8
  1. satellite view of the region around Tall er RumeithTall er Rumeith

  2. satellite view of the region around Tall al HusunTall al Husun

  3. ruins at Ar RamthaAr Ramtha

  4. cityscape of As SaltAs Salt

  5. building at Iraq al AmirIraq al Amir

Shechem
Josh 20:7
  1. aerial panorama of Tell BalatahTell Balatah

Image Credits

Shayshal2, Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019, מלאק אבו גוש, Adeeb Atwan, Dr. Avishai Teicher, Abraham, Bill Rice, Natalinasser, Aner Ottolenghi, Aaadir, Yorudun, Omernos, Makeandtoss, יאיר דב

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.