Biblical Maps & Timelines

Interactive maps with ancient & modern place names, routes, and historical context.

Key biblical locations with modern and ancient names. The land of promise — from Dan to Beer-sheba.

14 locations — tap pins on map

Jerusalem / Yerushalayim

Yebus → Yerushalayim → Jerusalem, Israel

City of the great King, built on Mount Moriah. Captured by David ~1000 BCE. The Temple Mount stands here.

Hebron

Kiriath-Arba → Hebron → Hebron / Al-Khalil

Abraham settled here. Cave of Machpelah — burial site of the patriarchs. Still identifiable today.

Beer-sheba

Beer-sheba (Well of the Oath) → Be'er Sheva, Israel

Southern boundary — "from Dan to Beer-sheba." Abraham dug a well here.

Shechem

Shechem / Sychar → Nablus, West Bank

First place Abraham stopped in Canaan. Yeshua's Well nearby. Northern highland gateway.

Dan

Laish → Dan → Tel Dan National Park, Israel

Northernmost city. Tel Dan inscription found here — first extra-biblical mention of David.

Sea of Galilee (Kinneret)

Yam Kinneret / Sea of Tiberias → Sea of Galilee, Israel

686 ft below sea level. Yeshua conducted most of his ministry around its shores.

Dead Sea (Yam HaMelach)

Yam HaMelach (Salt Sea) → Dead Sea, Israel/Jordan

Lowest point on earth (~1,400 ft below sea level). Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls are on its NW shore.

Jericho

Yericho → Jericho, West Bank

Oldest continuously inhabited city. First city taken by Israel under Joshua. Walls fell miraculously.

Shiloh

Shiloh → Tell Shiloh, West Bank

The Tabernacle rested here for ~300 years. Samuel grew up here. Destroyed by Philistines (~1050 BCE).

Nazareth

Natzrat → Nazareth, Israel

Yeshua's hometown where he grew up from childhood until age 30. The synagogue where he read Isaiah 61.

Capernaum

Kfar Nahum (Village of Nahum) → Capernaum National Park, Israel

Yeshua's ministry headquarters on the Sea of Galilee. Peter's house was here. Ruins visible today.

Bethlehem

Beit Lechem (House of Bread) → Bethlehem, West Bank

Birthplace of Yeshua. Also birthplace of David. Boaz and Ruth lived nearby.

Qumran

Unknown (possibly Ir HaMelach) → Qumran, West Bank

The Essene community that preserved the Dead Sea Scrolls. 11 caves with scrolls discovered 1947-1956.

Masada

Metzada (Fortress/Stronghold) → Masada National Park, Israel

Herod's fortress. Last holdout of Jewish Zealots against Rome in 73 CE. UNESCO World Heritage Site.