Places in Ruth

Download a KML file of Ruth for use in Google Earth.

Chapters with Places

  1. Ruth 1 (2 places)
  2. Ruth 2 (2 places)
  3. Ruth 4 (3 places)

Places

Place Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map)
Bethlehem 1
Ruth 1:1, 1:2, 5 more
  1. building at BethlehemBethlehem

Ephrathah
Ruth 4:11
  1. building at BethlehemBethlehem

Moab 1
Ruth 1:1, 1:2, 5 more
  1. panorama of a wadi in Moab 1Moab 1

Image Credits

Berthold Werner, Adeeb Atwan

About

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.