Bible Places. Copyright 2017 Meriden Christadelphian Ecclesia

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1 Ways to prepare a set of cards: 1 Write a set of clues on one side of a file card and the name of the place on the other side. Include the Bible reference where the place is first named in one of the clues. Suggestion: laminate the cards. 2 Download the ready-to-print pages below. Use 24 lb. or 28 lb., 8-1/2 x 11, paper and print on both sides, starting with page 2 (flip pages on short edge). Cut out the cards. This makes two sets of cards. Suggestion: laminate the cards. The cards can be used several ways: 1 A single student can use a stack of cards to sharpen his or her knowledge of important places in the Bible. 2 Play a game. Shuffle the cards and stack them clue side up. Players take turns drawing the top card and reading the clues. The others take turns trying to guess the name of the place. Players collect the cards they correctly identify. If no one identifies the place, show everyone the answer on the back of the card and return it to the bottom of the pile. The player who collects the most cards wins. 3 Use both sets of cards. Place the clues from one set face up on a table. Place the name sides of the other set face up. Mix and match. Make this a group activity by having students help each other match the clues with the places. With information on both sides of the cards, the activity is selfcorrecting. 4 Randomly spread selected cards name side up on a table. Students work alone or in small groups to arrange the places in biblical order. With references as one of the clues, the activity is self-correcting. Copyright 2017 Meriden Christadelphian Ecclesia 1

2 Its main city was Rabbah Jephthah defended Gilead against it Saul defended Jabesh-Gilead against it They worshiped Molech (Moloch) Descendants of Lot through Benammi: Genesis 19:38 The apostles sent Barnabas to work here Barnabas found Saul to help him for a year Believers are called Christians for the first time Starting and ending point of Paul s first missionary journey An early ecclesia developed here: Acts 11 Great battlefield in the plain of Esdralon Barak and Gideon won great victories here Kings Saul and Josiah died in this place of slaughter Its name means Hill of Megiddo The great day of God Almighty : Revelation 16:16 AMMON ANTIOCH OF SYRIA ARMAGEDDON 2

3 Its main city was Rabbah Jephthah defended Gilead against it Saul defended Jabesh-Gilead against it They worshiped Molech (Moloch) Descendants of Lot through Benammi: Genesis 19:38 The apostles sent Barnabas to work here Barnabas found Saul to help him for a year Believers are called Christians for the first time Starting and ending point of Paul s first missionary journey An early ecclesia developed here: Acts 11 Great battlefield in the plain of Esdralon Barak and Gideon won great victories here Kings Saul and Josiah died in this place of slaughter Its name means Hill of Megiddo The great day of God Almighty : Revelation 16:16 AMMON ANTIOCH OF SYRIA ARMAGEDDON 3

4 Shalmaneser, Sennacherib, Esarhaddon Israel s captor: c.722 BC Placed foreigners in Samaria: the Samaritans Nineveh, ancient empire, fell to Babylon ASSYRIA Named in Genesis 2:14, it became Nimrod s land Site of Mars Hill or the Areopagus Altar of the unknown god Epicurean and Stoic philosophers People mocked the resurrection ATHENS This Greek city is named in Acts 17:15 Synonymous with Babylon A city and a tower that men built Language confused, nations divided Its name means Confusion BABEL The beginning of Nimrod s kingdom: Genesis 10:10 4

5 Shalmaneser, Sennacherib, Esarhaddon Israel s captor: c.722 BC Placed foreigners in Samaria: the Samaritans Nineveh, ancient empire, fell to Babylon ASSYRIA Named in Genesis 2:14, it became Nimrod s land Site of Mars Hill or the Areopagus Altar of the unknown god Epicurean and Stoic philosophers People mocked the resurrection ATHENS This Greek city is named in Acts 17:15 Synonymous with Babylon A city and a tower that men built Language confused, nations divided Its name means Confusion BABEL The beginning of Nimrod s kingdom: Genesis 10:10 5

6 70 years of Jewish captivity Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar Ancient city and empire, fell to the Medes BABYLON Head of gold in Daniel 2 Subject to Assyria in 2 Kings 17:24 From Dan to Synonymous with the far south of Israel Samuel s sons were judges here BEERSHEBA Its name means Well of the oath Hagar wandered here in Genesis 21:14 No letter from Paul but a visit in Acts 17 More noble than those in Thessalonica Received the word with all eagerness BEREA Examined the scriptures daily Paul and Silas came here by night: Acts 17:10 6

7 70 years of Jewish captivity Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar Ancient city and empire, fell to the Medes BABYLON Head of gold in Daniel 2 Subject to Assyria in 2 Kings 17:24 From Dan to Synonymous with the far south of Israel Samuel s sons were judges here BEERSHEBA Its name means Well of the oath Hagar wandered here in Genesis 21:14 No letter from Paul but a visit in Acts 17 More noble than those in Thessalonica Received the word with all eagerness BEREA Examined the scriptures daily Paul and Silas came here by night: Acts 17:10 7

8 A village two miles east of Jerusalem Home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus Lazarus is raised from the dead Mary anoints Jesus for his burial BETHANY Jesus lodged here during the last week of his ministry: Matthew 21:17 A ladder from earth to heaven A golden calf. Not Dan An old prophet lived here BETHEL Josiah burns bones on its altar Abram built an altar here: Genesis 12:8 Naomi, Ruth, Boaz Jesse s family, David s home A well whose waters David longed for BETHLEHEM Shepherds watched their flock by night Rachel is buried here: Genesis 35:19 8

9 A village two miles east of Jerusalem Home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus Lazarus is raised from the dead Mary anoints Jesus for his burial BETHANY Jesus lodged here during the last week of his ministry: Matthew 21:17 A ladder from earth to heaven A golden calf. Not Dan An old prophet lived here BETHEL Josiah burns bones on its altar Abram built an altar here: Genesis 12:8 Naomi, Ruth, Boaz Jesse s family, David s home A well whose waters David longed for BETHLEHEM Shepherds watched their flock by night Rachel is buried here: Genesis 35:19 9

10 Cornelius was stationed here Felix and Festus governed here A Roman port city on the coast of Israel Named in honor of Caesar Augustus CAESAREA Philip preached and settled here: Acts 8:40; cp. Acts 21:8 Nathanael s home Mary says: Do whatever he tells you. Water turned to wine CANA A nobleman s son is healed Jesus attends a wedding: John 2:1 A centurion s servant is healed A palsied man is let down through a roof Peter s mother-in-law is healed Jesus taught: I am the bread of life CAPERNAUM Leaving Nazareth, Jesus moved here: Matthew 4:13 10

11 Cornelius was stationed here Felix and Festus governed here A Roman port city on the coast of Israel Named in honor of Caesar Augustus CAESAREA Philip preached and settled here: Acts 8:40; cp. Acts 21:8 Nathanael s home Mary says: Do whatever he tells you. Water turned to wine CANA A nobleman s son is healed Jesus attends a wedding: John 2:1 A centurion s servant is healed A palsied man is let down through a roof Peter s mother-in-law is healed Jesus taught: I am the bread of life CAPERNAUM Leaving Nazareth, Jesus moved here: Matthew 4:13 11

12 A letter from Paul but no visit in Acts Seek the things that are above Exchanged letters with the church at Laodicea COLOSSAE Epaphras taught the saints here Named in Colossians 1:2 Paul meets Aquila and Priscilla Paul preaches here for 18 months Two long New Testament letters CORINTH Gallio is the Roman proconsul Paul came here from Athens: Acts 18:1 Sergius Paulus is the Roman proconsul Barnabas and Saul preach from Salamis to Paphos Saul becomes Paul CYPRUS Revisited by Barnabas and Mark Home of Barnabas the Levite: Acts 4:36 12

13 A letter from Paul but no visit in Acts Seek the things that are above Exchanged letters with the church at Laodicea COLOSSAE Epaphras taught the saints here Named in Colossians 1:2 Paul meets Aquila and Priscilla Paul preaches here for 18 months Two long New Testament letters CORINTH Gallio is the Roman proconsul Paul came here from Athens: Acts 18:1 Sergius Paulus is the Roman proconsul Barnabas and Saul preach from Salamis to Paphos Saul becomes Paul CYPRUS Revisited by Barnabas and Mark Home of Barnabas the Levite: Acts 4:36 13

14 Capital of Syria King Ben-hadad Are not Abana and Pharpar better? Saul of Tarsus was baptized here DAMASCUS Abram went this far to rescue Lot: Genesis 14:15 From to Beersheba Synonymous with the far north of Israel A golden calf. Not Bethel DAN The tribal name given to Laish or Leshem Attacked and taken: Joshua 19:47 The lowest place on earth The Jordon River ends here Sea of the Plain or Arabah DEAD SEA Sometimes referred to as the eastern sea Called the salt sea in Genesis 14:3 14

15 Capital of Syria King Ben-hadad Are not Abana and Pharpar better? Saul of Tarsus was baptized here DAMASCUS Abram went this far to rescue Lot: Genesis 14:15 From to Beersheba Synonymous with the far north of Israel A golden calf. Not Bethel DAN The tribal name given to Laish or Leshem Attacked and taken: Joshua 19:47 The lowest place on earth The Jordon River ends here Sea of the Plain or Arabah DEAD SEA Sometimes referred to as the eastern sea Called the salt sea in Genesis 14:3 15

16 A river flowed out and divided in four To the east is the land of Nod Zion will be restored like this EDEN Its name means Delight God planted a garden here: Genesis 2:8 Israel in slavery The Nile River Pharaoh EGYPT Ten plagues Famine drove Abram here in Genesis 12:10 A witch Bring up Samuel for me I see a god coming up out of the earth Sisera and Jabin were destroyed here ENDOR Fountain of Dor in the inheritance of Manasseh: Joshua 17:11 16

17 A river flowed out and divided in four To the east is the land of Nod Zion will be restored like this EDEN Its name means Delight God planted a garden here: Genesis 2:8 Israel in slavery The Nile River Pharaoh EGYPT Ten plagues Famine drove Abram here in Genesis 12:10 A witch Bring up Samuel for me I see a god coming up out of the earth Sisera and Jabin were destroyed here ENDOR Fountain of Dor in the inheritance of Manasseh: Joshua 17:11 17

18 The city of Diana or Artemis Paul preached here for two years Books of magic were burned EPHESUS Paul fought with beasts! Paul s second journey ended here: Acts 18:19 Antioch, Lystra, Iconium, and Derbe O foolish! Who has bewitched you? Baptized into Christ: put on Christ GALATIA Works of the flesh, fruit of the spirit Acts records Paul s first visit here Nazareth, Cana, Nain, Capernaum And a sea where disciples fished Where Jesus went after John was put in prison The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light GALILEE Kadesh is its city of refuge: Joshua 20:7 18

19 The city of Diana or Artemis Paul preached here for two years Books of magic were burned EPHESUS Paul fought with beasts! Paul s second journey ended here: Acts 18:19 Antioch, Lystra, Iconium, and Derbe O foolish! Who has bewitched you? Baptized into Christ: put on Christ GALATIA Works of the flesh, fruit of the spirit Acts records Paul s first visit here Nazareth, Cana, Nain, Capernaum And a sea where disciples fished Where Jesus went after John was put in prison The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light GALILEE Kadesh is its city of refuge: Joshua 20:7 19

20 Goliath A Philistine city that David fled to twice King Achish GATH Ittai the Gittite, David s loyal friend First mentioned for its Anakim in Joshua 11:22 On the mount of Olives Could you not watch with me one hour? Father, not as I will, but as you will GETHSEMANE Its name means Oil press Where Jesus prayed: Matthew 26:36 10 th day, 1 st month, 41 st year First Passover in the Promised Land The manna ceases Name means A wheel, rolling GILGAL Israel camps here after crossing the Jordan: Joshua 4:19 20

21 Goliath A Philistine city that David fled to twice King Achish GATH Ittai the Gittite, David s loyal friend First mentioned for its Anakim in Joshua 11:22 On the mount of Olives Could you not watch with me one hour? Father, not as I will, but as you will GETHSEMANE Its name means Oil press Where Jesus prayed: Matthew 26:36 10 th day, 1 st month, 41 st year First Passover in the Promised Land The manna ceases Name means A wheel, rolling GILGAL Israel camps here after crossing the Jordan: Joshua 4:19 21

22 The Aramaic name for Calvary The place of a skull A garden and a new sepulchre GOLGOTHA Where Jesus died and was buried The place of the crucifixion: Matthew 27:33-35 Also called Kirjath-arba Sarah dies here; the cave of Machpelah A city given to Caleb A city of refuge in the hill country of Judah HEBRON Abram settles here by the oaks of Mamre: Genesis 13:18 Twelve tribes From Dan to Beersheba Holy land, Promised Land ISRAEL A land flowing with milk and honey The name given to Jacob: Genesis 32:28 22

23 The Aramaic name for Calvary The place of a skull A garden and a new sepulchre GOLGOTHA Where Jesus died and was buried The place of the crucifixion: Matthew 27:33-35 Also called Kirjath-arba Sarah dies here; the cave of Machpelah A city given to Caleb A city of refuge in the hill country of Judah HEBRON Abram settles here by the oaks of Mamre: Genesis 13:18 Twelve tribes From Dan to Beersheba Holy land, Promised Land ISRAEL A land flowing with milk and honey The name given to Jacob: Genesis 32:28 23

24 400 maidens become Benjamite wives Besieged by Nahash, delivered by Saul Its men bury Saul and Jonathan JABESH-GILEAD David blesses it for its kindness to Saul No one came to Mizpeh: Judges 21:8 The city of palm trees Rahab and two spies Circled for seven days Trumpets, shouts, and a wall falls flat JERICHO Israel camps across from this city in Numbers 22:1 Zion, Mt. Zion Solomon s Temple Capital, southern kingdom of Judah The city of the great king JERUSALEM (SALEM) Melchizedek is its king: Genesis 14:18 24

25 400 maidens become Benjamite wives Besieged by Nahash, delivered by Saul Its men bury Saul and Jonathan JABESH-GILEAD David blesses it for its kindness to Saul No one came to Mizpeh: Judges 21:8 The city of palm trees Rahab and two spies Circled for seven days Trumpets, shouts, and a wall falls flat JERICHO Israel camps across from this city in Numbers 22:1 Zion, Mt. Zion Solomon s Temple Capital, southern kingdom of Judah The city of the great king JERUSALEM (SALEM) Melchizedek is its king: Genesis 14:18 25

26 Israel crosses and camps at Gilgal Jesus is baptized Its mouth is at the Dead Sea JORDAN RIVER Its name means The descender With a well-watered plain: Genesis 13:10 12 spies go out and return Israel is condemned to wander 40 years Where Miriam dies Moses strikes a rock: Hear now, you rebels KADESH (KADESH BARNEA) It is called Enmishpat in Genesis 14:7 The western sea The Great Sea A little cloud like a man s hand MEDITERRANEAN SEA Euroclydon and a shipwreck Zebulun would dwell by it: Genesis 49:13 26

27 Israel crosses and camps at Gilgal Jesus is baptized Its mouth is at the Dead Sea JORDAN RIVER Its name means The descender With a well-watered plain: Genesis 13:10 12 spies go out and return Israel is condemned to wander 40 years Where Miriam dies Moses strikes a rock: Hear now, you rebels KADESH (KADESH BARNEA) It is called Enmishpat in Genesis 14:7 The western sea The Great Sea A little cloud like a man s hand MEDITERRANEAN SEA Euroclydon and a shipwreck Zebulun would dwell by it: Genesis 49:13 27

28 Tigris and Euphrates Rivers King Cushan-rishathaim Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor MESOPOTAMIA It means Between the rivers The city of Nahor is here: Genesis 24:10 Moses dies here on Mt. Abarim King Balak hires Balaam to curse Israel King Eglon MOAB The country of Orpah and Ruth Lot s son in Genesis 19:37. Not Benammi Elijah and 450 prophets of Baal People limping between two opinions The LORD, he is God MOUNT CARMEL Name means A fruitful field Part of Asher s inheritance in Joshua 19:26 28

29 Tigris and Euphrates Rivers King Cushan-rishathaim Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor MESOPOTAMIA It means Between the rivers The city of Nahor is here: Genesis 24:10 Moses dies here on Mt. Abarim King Balak hires Balaam to curse Israel King Eglon MOAB The country of Orpah and Ruth Lot s son in Genesis 19:37. Not Benammi Elijah and 450 prophets of Baal People limping between two opinions The LORD, he is God MOUNT CARMEL Name means A fruitful field Part of Asher s inheritance in Joshua 19:26 29

30 Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali Over against Mt. Gerizim Cursed Cursed And all the people shall say, Amen. Joshua builds an altar here after the conquest of Ai The mount of cursing in Deuteronomy 11:29 MOUNT EBAL Gethsemane Before Jerusalem on the east The ascension of Jesus MOUNT OF OLIVES It will split from east to west David ascends it, weeping: 2 Samuel 15:30 The mount of God Also called Horeb Ten Commandments MOUNT SINAI Moses, Elijah, 40 days and 40 nights Where a bush burns in Exodus 3:1f 30

31 Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali Over against Mt. Gerizim Cursed Cursed And all the people shall say, Amen. Joshua builds an altar here after the conquest of Ai The mount of cursing in Deuteronomy 11:29 MOUNT EBAL Gethsemane Before Jerusalem on the east The ascension of Jesus MOUNT OF OLIVES It will split from east to west David ascends it, weeping: 2 Samuel 15:30 The mount of God Also called Horeb Ten Commandments MOUNT SINAI Moses, Elijah, 40 days and 40 nights Where a bush burns in Exodus 3:1f 31

32 A boyhood home of no repute He shall be called a Nazarene The Spirit of the Lord is upon me A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown Returning from Egypt, Joseph dwells here: Matthew 2:23 NAZARETH A celebrated river in Egypt Where a princess bathed and a Pharaoh balked Moses drawn from the water THE NILE Water turned to blood Pharaoh stands here in a dream: Genesis 41:1 Capital of Assyria Jonah was sent here, but Its people fasted and put on sack cloth NINEVEH Nahum prophesied against it Nimrod built this city: Genesis 10:11 32

33 A boyhood home of no repute He shall be called a Nazarene The Spirit of the Lord is upon me A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown Returning from Egypt, Joseph dwells here: Matthew 2:23 NAZARETH A celebrated river in Egypt Where a princess bathed and a Pharaoh balked Moses drawn from the water THE NILE Water turned to blood Pharaoh stands here in a dream: Genesis 41:1 Capital of Assyria Jonah was sent here, but Its people fasted and put on sack cloth NINEVEH Nahum prophesied against it Nimrod built this city: Genesis 10:11 33

34 King Cyrus Queen Esther Susa the citadel or Shushan the palace PERSIA 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia Babylonian captivity until : 2 Chronicles 36:20 Women pray at a riverside A fortune-telling slave girl Paul and Silas beaten and chained PHILIPPI A jailer believes and is baptized A leading city of Macedonia: Acts 16:12 Jehoshaphat goes to battle with Ahab King Ahab is fatally wounded Jehu is anointed king over Israel RAMOTH GILEAD Its name means The heights of Gilead A city of refuge in Gad: Deuteronomy 4:43 34

35 King Cyrus Queen Esther Susa the citadel or Shushan the palace PERSIA 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia Babylonian captivity until : 2 Chronicles 36:20 Women pray at a riverside A fortune-telling slave girl Paul and Silas beaten and chained PHILIPPI A jailer believes and is baptized A leading city of Macedonia: Acts 16:12 Jehoshaphat goes to battle with Ahab King Ahab is fatally wounded Jehu is anointed king over Israel RAMOTH GILEAD Its name means The heights of Gilead A city of refuge in Gad: Deuteronomy 4:43 35

36 Its waters part and Israel leaves Egypt Stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD Egyptians dead on the seashore Solomon s ships sail its waters from the port at Eloth First named in Exodus 10:19 when a locust plague ends City and empire of New Testament times Legs of iron in Daniel 2 We have died with Christ we will also live with him Paul is shipwrecked on the way Visitors from this city are at Pentecost: Acts 2:10 RED SEA ROME Capital, northern kingdom of Israel Ahab and Jezebel A woman at Jacob s well Philip, believers, and Simon the Sorcerer SAMARIA Omri pays two talents of silver for it: 1 Kings 16:24 36

37 Its waters part and Israel leaves Egypt Stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD Egyptians dead on the seashore Solomon s ships sail its waters from the port at Eloth First named in Exodus 10:19 when a locust plague ends City and empire of New Testament times Legs of iron in Daniel 2 We have died with Christ we will also live with him Paul is shipwrecked on the way Visitors from this city are at Pentecost: Acts 2:10 RED SEA ROME Capital, northern kingdom of Israel Ahab and Jezebel A woman at Jacob s well Philip, believers, and Simon the Sorcerer SAMARIA Omri pays two talents of silver for it: 1 Kings 16:24 37

38 I will make you fishers of men Jesus walks on water Sea of Chinnereth SEA OF GALILEE Lake of Gennesaret Israel s northeastern border: Numbers 34:11 Between Mt. Ebal and Mt. Gerizim Jacob buries foreign gods Joshua makes a final address to Israel A city of refuge in Ephraim SHECHEM Abram s first stopping point in the land: Genesis 12:6 Lot settles here Wicked before the LORD Two angels come to destroy it Sulfur and fire from the LORD SODOM Listed with Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim: Genesis 10:19 38

39 I will make you fishers of men Jesus walks on water Sea of Chinnereth SEA OF GALILEE Lake of Gennesaret Israel s northeastern border: Numbers 34:11 Between Mt. Ebal and Mt. Gerizim Jacob buries foreign gods Joshua makes a final address to Israel A city of refuge in Ephraim SHECHEM Abram s first stopping point in the land: Genesis 12:6 Lot settles here Wicked before the LORD Two angels come to destroy it Sulfur and fire from the LORD SODOM Listed with Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim: Genesis 10:19 39

40 Two short letters from Paul and a visit in Acts 17 An uproar is raised and Jason s house is attacked Paul is sent away to Berea by night THESSALONICA Paul s letters emphasize the return of Christ Paul comes here from Philippi: Acts 17:1 of the Chaldees Where the God of glory first appeared to Abram Home of Terah, Abram, Lot, and Sarai UR Abram left seeking a homeland Abram s brother Haran died here: Genesis 11:28 Often synonymous with Jerusalem The Most High himself will establish her The Deliverer will come from Behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey s colt! ZION David captured the fortress here: 2 Samuel 5:7 40

41 Two short letters from Paul and a visit in Acts 17 An uproar is raised and Jason s house is attacked Paul is sent away to Berea by night THESSALONICA Paul s letters emphasize the return of Christ Paul comes here from Philippi: Acts 17:1 of the Chaldees Where the God of glory first appeared to Abram Home of Terah, Abram, Lot, and Sarai UR Abram left seeking a homeland Abram s brother Haran died here: Genesis 11:28 Often synonymous with Jerusalem The Most High himself will establish her The Deliverer will come from Behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey s colt! ZION David captured the fortress here: 2 Samuel 5:7 41