Places in Psalm 87

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Places

Place Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map)
Babylon 1
Ps 87:4
  1. Ishtar gate from BabylonBabylon

Cush 1
Ps 87:4
  1. pyramids of Nuri in Cush 1Cush 1

Egypt
Ps 87:4
  1. pyramids of Giza in EgyptEgypt

Jerusalem
Ps 87:4, 87:6, 87:7
  1. aerial cityscape of JerusalemJerusalem

Philistia
Ps 87:4
  1. panorama of a coastal plain in PhilistiaPhilistia

Tyre
Ps 87:4
  1. ruins at TyreTyre

Zion
Ps 87:2, 87:5
  1. aerial cityscape of JerusalemJerusalem

Image Credits

Radomir Vrbovsky, Bruce Allardice, Ricardo Liberato, Godot13, גד סובול, Vyacheslav Argenberg

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.