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263 Maps of Biblical Lands THE NEAR EAST IN THE TIME OF THE PATRIARCHS THE EXODUS TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL UNITED MONARCHY DIVIDED KINGDOM THE NEAR EAST IN THE TIME OF THE PROPHETS JERUSALEM IN THE FIRST TEMPLE PERIOD JERUSALEM IN THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD 264 Memphis Gaza Gerar Zoan Jerusalem Beer-sheba Bethel Megiddo Shechem Hazor Damascus Byblos Sidon Tyre Hamath Qatna Kadesh Tadmor Mari Aleppo Carchemish Haran Nineveh Babylon Tutul Erech Ur Ugarit Isaac’s route ELAM BABYLON ASSYRIA MITANNI HURRIANS ARZAWA CYPRUS CANAAN A M O R I T E S MOAB EDOM EGYPT SINAI M I D I A N ARAM (SYRIA) A R A B I A M e d i t e r r a n e a n S e a E u p h r a t e s River N i l e R i v e r Tig r i s R i v e r Persian Gulf Caspian Sea 30° 30° 40 50° THE NEAR EAST IN THE TIME THE NEAR EAST IN THE TIME OF THE PATRIARCHS OF THE PATRIARCHS Empire of Hammurabi, early 18th cent. BCE Empire of Thutmose III, c. 1468 BCE Abraham’s wanderings 0 100 200 Miles 200 Kilometers 100 0 The Jewish Bible [44.201.199.251] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 09:44 GMT) E D O M GOSHEN S I N A I M I D I A N C A N A A N M O A B Kadesh Arad? Debir Hebron Gaza Libnah? Ashdod Azekah Jerusalem Jericho Shechem Ezion-geber Gerar Hazor Megiddo Joppa Hazazon-tamar Beeroth-bene-jaakan Beer-sheba Succoth Rameses Zilu Zoan Pelusium Hazar-addar Azmon Hormah Raphia Sela Oboth Punon Bozrah Kir-hareseth Dibon-gad Medeba Mt. Nebo Heshbon Baal-zephon Wilderness of Zin The Negeb Wilderness of Sin? Mt. Sinai? Mt. Sinai? Wilderness of Shur W i l d e r n e s s o f P a r a n D e a d S e a M e d i t e r r a n e a n S e a W a d i of E g y pt Great Bitter Lakes G u l f o f S u e z G u l f o f ' A q a b a J o r d a n R i v e r Sea of Chinnereth 35° 30° THE EXODUS THE EXODUS Traditional route of the Exodus Possible alternative routes Major roads 0 25 50 Miles 50 Kilometers 25 0 265 Maps of Biblical Lands 266 EDOM (SEIR) MOAB A M M O N P H I L I S T I N E S B ASH AN GESH U R G I L E A D G A D D A N D A N S I M E O N REUBEN J U D A H EPHRAIM MANASSEH NAPHTALI MANASSEH BENJAMIN A S H E R ISSAC H A R ZEBULUN Debir Aroer Hebron Ziph En-gedi Gaza Lachish Gath Ekron Ashkelon Ashdod Gibbethon Bethlehem Jarmuth Jerusalem Jericho Shechem Shiloh Aphek Gerar Kedesh Chinnereth Dor Jokneam Hammath En-dor Dan Ashtaroth Edrei Golan Ramoth-gilead Zaphon? Ai Aijalon Gilgal Rabbah Bezer? Heshbon Gibeah Kamon? Beth-shean Jezreel Hazor Sidon Tyre Megiddo Pirathon Taanach Joppa Gath-rimmon? Beer-sheba Bozrah Eshtemoa Arad? Achshaph? Beth-shemesh Gezer Gibeon Bethel Wilderness of Zin The Negeb Mt. Pisgah Mt. Nebo Mt. Tabor Mt. Gilboa Valley of Elah M t . H e rmon D e a d S e a (S a lt S e a ) J o r d a n R i v e r Zered River Arnon R i v e r J a b bok River Y armuk River Sea of Chinnereth K i s h o n R . M e d i t e r r a n e a n S e a 35° 33° TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL 0 20 40 Miles 40 Kilometers 20 0 The Jewish Bible [44.201.199.251] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 09:44 GMT) E D O M ( S E I R ) M O A B AMMON SYRIA (ARAM) PH ILIS T I N E S GESHUR B A S H A N A RAM EAN S P H O E N I C I A N S AMALEK Kadesh-barnea Arad Hebron Gaza Ashdod Ashkelon Lebo-hamath Dan Ramoth-gilead Bethel Beth-shemesh Shechem Elath Ezion-geber Hazor Sidon Acco Beth-shean...