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The Places of 2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles (2 Paralipomenon) names 121 places; Jerusalem, Egypt and City of David most often. 121 of them can be put on a map, 99 with confidence. The places and their references are OpenBible.info’s, which gathers what modern atlases and commentaries say about where each one stood.

Map of Mesopotamia and Media with the places named in 2 Chronicles. Every place is listed in the table below.35°E40°E45°E50°E30°N35°NJerusalemCity of DavidBabylonRamoth-gileadSamariaMost Holy PlaceHoly PlaceMount SeirDamascusMareshahBeershebaBeth-shemeshGibeonLachishRamahTyreAijalonCorner GateDanGathGerarGihonHouse of the Forest of LebanonOphelShilohSocohTekoaValley of HinnomAbel-beth-maacahAdoraimAdullamAngleAshdodAzekahBaalathBeth-horonBeth-zurBethelBethlehemCarchemishCarmelCity of PalmsEast GateEphraim GateEphronEtamFish GateGate of the FoundationGebaGederothGibeahGimzoGurbaalHamathHebronHorse GateIjonJabneelJerichoJeshanahJezreelJoppaKiriath-jearimLebo-hamathLibnahLower Beth-horonMegiddoMilloMizpahMount MoriahMount ZemaraimRamahSelaShechemSuccothTadmorTimnahUpper Beth-horonValley GateValley of BeracahValley of SaltValley of ZephathahZeredahZionZiphZorahJerusalemAssyriaSyriaBabylonEdomRamoth-gileadSamariaMount SeirBeershebaPersiaTyreDanEuphratesCarchemishHamathJezreelJoppaKueLebo-hamathSuccothTadmorValley of SaltZiphN0400 km
  • Located with confidence
  • Location uncertain
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Mesopotamia and Media, with the coasts and lakes as they lie today. 10 places lie beyond the plate and are in the table.

Every place in 2 Chronicles

The most often named first. Each place is set where its source puts it, and nowhere else; a place no source locates is listed and not drawn. References follow the chapter and verse numbering of the English Bible, which differs from the Septuagint’s in places.

PlaceReferencesSourceConfidence
Jerusalem1:4, 1:13, 1:14, 1:15, 2:7, 2:16, 3:1, 5:2, 6:6, 8:6, 9:1, 9:25 and 110 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
EgyptBeyond this plate.1:16, 1:17, 5:10, 6:5, 7:22, 9:26, 9:28, 10:2, 12:2, 12:3, 12:9, 20:10 and 4 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
City of David5:2, 8:11, 9:31, 12:16, 14:1, 16:14, 21:1, 21:20, 24:16, 24:25, 25:28, 27:9 and 3 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Assyria28:16, 28:20, 28:21, 30:6, 32:1, 32:4, 32:7, 32:9, 32:10, 32:11, 32:13, 32:21 and 2 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Syria1:17, 16:2, 16:7, 18:10, 18:30, 18:34, 22:5, 22:6, 24:23, 24:24, 28:5, 28:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Babylon32:31, 33:11, 36:6, 36:7, 36:10, 36:17, 36:18, 36:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Edom8:17, 20:2, 21:8, 21:9, 21:10, 25:19, 25:20, 28:17OpenBible.infoHigh
Ramoth-gilead18:2, 18:3, 18:5, 18:11, 18:14, 18:19, 18:28, 22:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Samaria18:2, 18:9, 22:9, 25:13, 25:24, 28:8, 28:9, 28:15OpenBible.infoHigh
Ammon12:13, 20:1, 20:10, 20:22, 20:23, 27:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Most Holy Place3:8, 3:10, 3:14, 4:20, 4:22, 5:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Holy Place5:9, 5:11, 29:5, 29:7, 35:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Seir20:10, 20:22, 20:23, 25:11, 25:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Damascus16:2, 24:23, 28:5, 28:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Kidron15:16, 29:16, 30:14, 33:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Lebanon2:8, 2:16, 8:6, 25:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Mareshah11:8, 14:9, 14:10, 20:37OpenBible.infoHigh
Moab20:1, 20:10, 20:22, 20:23OpenBible.infoHigh
ShebaBeyond this plate.9:1, 9:3, 9:9, 9:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Shephelah1:15, 9:27, 26:10, 28:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Beersheba19:4, 24:1, 30:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Beth-shemesh25:21, 25:23, 28:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Gibeon1:3, 1:5, 1:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Lachish11:9, 25:27, 32:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Persia36:20, 36:22, 36:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Ramah16:1, 16:5, 16:6OpenBible.infoHigh
TarshishBeyond this plate.9:21, 20:36, 20:37OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 305)
Tyre2:3, 2:11, 2:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Aijalon11:10, 28:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Corner Gate25:23, 26:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Dan16:4, 30:5OpenBible.infoHigh
ElathBeyond this plate.8:17, 26:2OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 394)
Euphrates9:26, 35:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Ezion-geberBeyond this plate.8:17, 20:36OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 208)
Gath11:8, 26:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Gerar14:13, 14:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Gihon32:30, 33:14OpenBible.infoHigh
House of the Forest of Lebanon9:16, 9:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Ophel27:3, 33:14OpenBible.infoHigh
OphirBeyond this plate.8:18, 9:10OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 190)
Shiloh9:29, 10:15OpenBible.infoHigh
Socoh11:7, 28:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Tekoa11:6, 20:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Valley of Hinnom28:3, 33:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Abel-beth-maacah16:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Adoraim11:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Adullam11:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Angle26:9OpenBible.infoHigh
ArabiaBeyond this plate.9:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Ashdod26:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Azekah11:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Baalath8:6OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 166)
Beth-horon25:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Beth-zur11:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Bethel13:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Bethlehem11:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Brook of Egypt7:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Carchemish35:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Carmel26:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Chaldea36:17OpenBible.infoHigh
City of Palms28:15OpenBible.infoHigh
East Gate31:14OpenBible.infoHigh
East Square29:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Engedi20:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Ephraim Gate25:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Ephron13:19OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 435)
Etam11:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Fish Gate33:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Gate of the Foundation23:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Geba16:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Gederoth28:18OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 50)
Gibeah13:2OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 134)
Gimzo28:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Great Sea2:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Gurbaal26:7OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 135)
Hamath8:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Hamath-zobah8:3OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 133)
Hazazon-tamar20:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Hebron11:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Horse Gate23:15OpenBible.infoHigh
Ijon16:4OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 459)
Jabneel26:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Jericho28:15OpenBible.infoHigh
Jeruel20:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Jeshanah13:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Jezreel22:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Joppa2:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Jordan4:17OpenBible.infoHigh
Kiriath-jearim1:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Kue1:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Lebo-hamath7:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Libnah21:10OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 371)
Lower Beth-horon8:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Megiddo35:22OpenBible.infoHigh
Millo32:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Mizpah16:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount HorebBeyond this plate.5:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Moriah3:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Zemaraim13:4OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 170)
Negeb28:18OpenBible.infoHigh
ParvaimBeyond this plate.3:6OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 70)
Philistia26:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Ramah22:6OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 443)
Red SeaBeyond this plate.8:17OpenBible.infoHigh
Salt Sea20:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Second Quarter34:22OpenBible.infoHigh
Sela25:12OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 10)
Shechem10:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Succoth4:17OpenBible.infoHigh
Tadmor8:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Timnah28:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Upper Beth-horon8:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Valley Gate26:9OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 270)
Valley of Beracah20:26OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 259)
Valley of Salt25:11OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 261)
Valley of Zephathah14:10OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 225)
Zeredah4:17OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 352)
Zion5:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Ziph11:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Ziz20:16OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 365)
Zorah11:10OpenBible.infoHigh

Places from OpenBible.info’s Bible Geocoding Data, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, and from Pleiades, © the Pleiades contributors, under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Coastlines, lakes and rivers from Natural Earth; relief from SRTM and ETOPO1 elevation data by way of the AWS Terrain Tiles; all public domain.