List of minor biblical places
This is a list of places mentioned in the Bible, which do not have their own Wikipedia articles. See also the list of biblical places for locations which do have their own article.
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Abana
Abana, according to 2 Kings 5:12, was one of the "rivers of Damascus", along with the Pharpar river.Abdon
Abdon was a Levitical city in Asher allocated to the Gershonites according to Joshua 21:30 and 1 Chronicles 6:74.Abel-Shittim
Abel-Shittim, the last Israelite encampment before crossing into the Promised Land, is identified by Josephus with Abila in Peraea, probably the site of modern Tell el-Hammam in Jordan.Adam
Adam was a location which, according to Joshua 3:16, was along the Jordan River, near Zarethan. According to Cheyne and Black, it may be a scribal error for "Adamah".Adadah
Adadah is the name of a town mentioned in Joshua 15:22, in a list of towns inside the territory of the Tribe of Judah. The name "Adadah" appears nowhere else in the Bible. According to the Encyclopaedia Biblica, the name "Adadah" may be a miswritten version of Ararah, a name equivalent to "Aroer".Addan
Addan or Addon is a Babylonian location mentioned in Ezra 2:59 and Nehemiah 7:61.Adithaim
Adithaim, mentioned only in Joshua 15:36, is listed among locations belonging to Judah in the Shephelah.Adria
Adria, mentioned in Acts 27:27, is a term used for "the division of the Mediterranean which lies between Sicily and Malta on the West and Crete on the East".Aesora
Aesora is a location mentioned only in Judith 4:4. The Book of Judith is considered canonical by the Catholic and Orthodox churches, but not by Jews and most Protestants.The Septuagint calls the place Aisora, Arasousia, Aisoraa, or Assaron, depending on the manuscript. The Book of Judith places it between Choba and the Valley of Salem. According to Cheyne and Black, the exact location is uncertain. It could be the same as Tel Hazor, which is mentioned in the Book of Joshua; or at an Aser-Michmethath which Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich and the Bordeaux Pilgrim place at modern Tayasir.
Aetan
Aetan appears in the Septuagint version of the Book of Joshua.Ahava
Ahava is the name of a canal or river mentioned in the Book of Ezra, where Ezra and the latter group of returning exiles assembled before travelling to Jerusalem. Its location is unknown. The equivalent text in the Greek 1 Esdras refers to "the river Theras".Albert Barnes says that it was both a town and a river.
Almon
Almon is a location mentioned in Joshua 21:18 given to the Kohathites, and thought to be near the modern Israeli settlement at Almon, Mateh Binyamin in the West Bank.Amad
Amad is a biblical place-name mentioned only in Joshua 19:26. It appears in a list of locations that make up the borders of the territory assigned to the biblical Tribe of Asher.Amam
Amam is an unidentified site in the Negeb of Judah, near the border with Edom, mentioned in Joshua 15:26.Anaharath
Anaharath is described in Joshua 19:19 as a location on the border of the territory belonging to the Tribe of Issachar. It was most likely located at the site now known as Tel Rekhesh/Tell el-Mukharkhash in the Tabor Stream valley.Arah of the Sidonians
Arah of the Sidonians is a place-name which appears in Joshua 13:4. Other translations render the name Mearah. The initial syllable me- here is commonly interpreted as a preposition, yielding the translation "from Arah" instead of "Mearah". The me- is also interpreted as "from" by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, although he additionally proposed that further scribal error had influenced the word.Arumah
Arumah is a location mentioned in Judges 9:41, as the place where Gideon's son Abimelech lived for a time. The location is generally considered to be the same as the modern Jebel el-Urmah.Ascent of Luhith
''See Luhith.''Ashnah
Ashnah is the name given in Joshua 15 for two places in the Shephelah of Judah. For the first, the modern location Aslin has been proposed; for the second, Idna.Ataroth-addar
Ataroth-addar is a location mentioned in Joshua 16:5. It may be the same location as the Ataroth mentioned in 16:2.Aznoth-tabor
Aznoth-tabor is the name of a place in the territory of the Tribe of Naphtali. It is probably the modern Khirbet el-Jebeil, c. 3 miles north of Mount Tabor.B
Beer
Beer was a location reached by the Israelites during their Exodus journey, mentioned in Numbers 21:16-18. After the death of Aaron, the Israelites moved on, apparently at pace, through a series of locations along the Moabite/Amorite border. There was a well at Beer, where Moses was able to assemble and refresh the travelling community, and which was associated with a song regarding the Israelite leaders and 'the lawgiver' in providing water.Another Beer is mentioned in Judges 9:21 as the place to which Gideon's youngest son, Joatham or Jotham, fled to escape from Abimelech after his 69 brothers had been killed. Matthew Poole described Beer as "a place remote from Shechem, and out of Abimelech's reach"; and the Pulpit Commentary suggests it is "either the same as Beeroth, among the heights of the tribe of Benjamin, now El-Birch, 'the first halting-place for caravans on the northern road from Jerusalem' ; or a place called by Eusebius 'Beta', now El-Birch, eight Roman miles from Eleutheropolis, and possibly the same as the place of the same name described by Maundrell as four hours from Jerusalem, and two hours west of Bethel; or, as Ewald thinks, Beer beyond Jordan ". The commentary concludes that "it is impossible to decide which, or whether any, of these is the place designated as Jotham's place of refuge.
Beer-lahai-roi
Beer-lahai-roi or well of the Life which saw me is the name of a well in the Negev which is known for its appearance in a story in which God appears to Hagar. Later the Book of Genesis claims that Isaac stayed near it. Genesis locates this well in the wilderness of Beer-sheba, "on the way to Shur... between Kadesh and Bered". Because the Beer in Beer-lahai-roi is simply the Hebrew word "well", the King James Version renders the whole expression "the well Lahairoi".The biblical references to it may place it somewhere in the vicinity of the modern Bir 'Asluj.
Beeroth
See Beeroth.Beeroth is a minor city in Gibeon mentioned in. Maspero, Petrie, also Müller and Budge identify the place name Baertou mentioned in the Annals of Thutmose III at Temple of Karnak as biblical Beeroth.
Beon
Beon is a location mentioned only in Numbers 32:3. It may be a copying error for "Meon".Bera
An alternative name for Beer.Bered
Bered is a location mentioned only in Genesis 16:14, which locates Hagar between Kadesh and Bered at the time of her meeting with an angel while pregnant.Berothah
Berothah is a place mentioned in passing in Ezekiel 47:16.Beth-Anath
A place mentioned in Judges 1:33 and situated in the tribal territory of Naphtali.Bethanath
Betharabah
Beth-aram
Betharbel
Beth-aven
Beth-aven was a city located within the tribal territory of Benjamin, associated with Jonathan's triumph over the Philistines in the Battle of Michmas. Beth-aven, in It Is opposed to Beth-el. In the same book, a caution is issued to Beth-Aven alongside Gibeah and Ramah about a looming invasion. Proposals for Beth-Aven's location vary, with none confirmed. Some suggest it is a derogatory term for Beth-el, reflecting its association with Jeroboam's golden calf.Beth-azmaveth
Beth-barah
A place mentioned in Judges 7:24.Beth-birei
Beth Car
Beth-car, Beth Car: The point to which the Israelites drove back the Philistines following their raid on the Israelite assembly convened by Samuel at Mizpah, recorded in 1 Samuel 7:5-12.Beth-diblathaim
Bethemek
Bether
Beth-ezal
Beth-gader
Beth-gamul
Beth Jeshimoth
Beth Jeshimoth was a town in the Transjordan, which is mentioned in four verses of the Hebrew Bible: Numbers 33:49, Joshua 12:3 and 13:20, and Ezekiel 25:9. Numbers mentions it in a description of where the Israelites encamped during their wilderness journeys. According to Joshua 13:20, it was part of the land allocated to the Tribe of Reuben. Ezekiel 25:9 lists it as one of three cities which constitute "the glory of the country" of Moab, in a passage in which God promises to punish Moab. During the First Jewish-Roman War, Beth Jeshimoth was captured by the Roman Imperial army, and was used by them to resettle deserters who had joined the Roman ranks.The King James Version spells the name as Bethjesimoth and Bethjeshimoth. Classical Greek sources: Bezemoth.
Beth Jeshimoth is commonly identified with the village of Sweimeh in modern-day Jordan.