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The Places of 2 Kings

2 Kings (4 Kingdoms) names 104 places; Jerusalem, Samaria and Assyria most often. 104 of them can be put on a map, 74 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 Kings. Every place is listed in the table below.35°E40°E45°E50°E30°N35°NJerusalemSamariaBabylonJezreelBethelDamascusCity of DavidJerichoHamathEkronLachishLibnahRamoth-gileadRiblahSepharvaimShunemGozanMegiddoMount CarmelArpadBeershebaBeth-ekedBeth-shemeshCuthGilgalHamathHenaIbleamIvvahMizpahTirzahUzzaAbel-beth-maacahAphekAroerAvvaBaal-shalishahBeth-hagganBeth-milloBozkathCorner GateDanDothanEphraim GateGathGath-hepherGazaGebaGurHaranHazorIjonJanoahJotbahKedeshKirKir-haresethLebo-hamathMount ZionMount of OlivesNinevehRamahRezephRumahSelaSillaSurTelassarTiphsahTophethUpper PoolValley of HinnomValley of SaltValley of the ArnonWasher’s FieldZairZionJerusalemSamariaAssyriaSyriaBabylonMoabBethelChaldeaHamathRamoth-gileadRiblahSepharvaimGozanArabahArpadCuthGilgalHaborHamathHenaIvvahAphekAroerAvvaDanDothanGathHaranHazorJanoahJotbahKirLebo-hamathRezephSelaTelassarN0400 km
  • Located with confidence
  • Location uncertain
  • Mountain
Mesopotamia and Media, with the coasts and lakes as they lie today. 4 places lie beyond the plate and are in the table.

Every place in 2 Kings

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
Jerusalem8:17, 8:26, 9:28, 12:1, 12:17, 12:18, 14:2, 14:13, 14:19, 14:20, 15:2, 15:33 and 49 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Samaria1:2, 1:3, 2:25, 3:1, 3:6, 5:3, 6:19, 6:20, 6:24, 6:25, 7:1, 7:16 and 37 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Assyria15:19, 15:20, 15:29, 16:7, 16:8, 16:9, 16:10, 16:18, 17:3, 17:4, 17:5, 17:6 and 30 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Syria5:1, 5:2, 5:5, 6:8, 6:9, 6:11, 6:23, 6:24, 7:5, 8:7, 8:9, 8:13 and 19 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Babylon17:24, 17:30, 20:12, 20:14, 20:17, 20:18, 24:1, 24:7, 24:10, 24:11, 24:12, 24:15 and 17 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Moab1:1, 3:4, 3:5, 3:7, 3:10, 3:13, 3:18, 3:21, 3:22, 3:23, 3:24, 3:26 and 4 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Jezreel8:29, 9:10, 9:15, 9:16, 9:17, 9:21, 9:25, 9:30, 9:36, 9:37, 10:1, 10:6 and 2 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
EgyptBeyond this plate.7:6, 17:4, 17:7, 17:36, 18:21, 18:24, 19:24, 21:15, 23:29, 23:34, 24:7, 25:26OpenBible.infoHigh
Edom3:8, 3:9, 3:12, 3:20, 3:26, 8:20, 8:21, 8:22, 14:7, 14:10, 16:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Bethel2:2, 2:3, 2:23, 10:29, 17:28, 23:4, 23:15, 23:16, 23:17, 23:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Jordan2:6, 2:7, 2:13, 5:10, 5:14, 6:2, 6:4, 7:15, 10:33OpenBible.infoHigh
Damascus5:12, 8:7, 8:9, 14:28, 16:9, 16:10, 16:11, 16:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Chaldea24:2, 25:4, 25:5, 25:10, 25:13, 25:25, 25:26OpenBible.infoHigh
City of David8:24, 9:28, 12:21, 14:20, 15:7, 15:38, 16:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Jericho2:4, 2:5, 2:15, 2:18, 2:19, 2:23, 25:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Hamath14:28, 18:34, 19:13, 23:33, 25:21OpenBible.infoHigh
Ekron1:2, 1:3, 1:6, 1:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Lachish14:19, 18:14, 18:17, 19:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Libnah8:22, 19:8, 23:31, 24:18OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 371)
Ramoth-gilead8:28, 9:1, 9:4, 9:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Riblah23:33, 25:6, 25:20, 25:21OpenBible.infoHigh
Sepharvaim17:24, 17:31, 18:34, 19:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 177)
Shunem4:8, 4:11, 4:12, 4:25OpenBible.infoHigh
Aram5:18, 6:14, 8:15OpenBible.infoHigh
Gilead10:33, 15:25, 15:29OpenBible.infoHigh
Gozan17:6, 18:11, 19:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Kidron23:4, 23:6, 23:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Megiddo9:27, 23:29, 23:30OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Carmel2:25, 4:25, 19:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Ammon23:13, 24:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Arabah25:4, 25:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Arpad18:34, 19:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Beersheba12:1, 23:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Beth-eked10:12, 10:14OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 156)
Beth-shemesh14:11, 14:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Cuth17:24, 17:30OpenBible.infoHigh
ElathBeyond this plate.14:22, 16:6OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 394)
Euphrates23:29, 24:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Gilgal2:1, 4:38OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 234)
Habor17:6, 18:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Halah17:6, 18:11OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 192)
Hamath17:24, 17:30OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 488)
Hena18:34, 19:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 88)
Ibleam9:27, 15:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Ivvah18:34, 19:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 67)
Lebanon14:9, 19:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Mizpah25:23, 25:25OpenBible.infoHigh
Tirzah15:14, 15:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Uzza21:18, 21:26OpenBible.infoHigh
Abana5:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Abel-beth-maacah15:29OpenBible.infoHigh
Aphek13:17OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 264)
AraratBeyond this plate.19:37OpenBible.infoHigh
Aroer10:33OpenBible.infoHigh
Avva17:24OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 334)
Baal-shalishah4:42OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 123)
Bashan10:33OpenBible.infoHigh
Beth-haggan9:27OpenBible.infoHigh
Beth-millo12:20OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 318)
Bozkath22:1OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 117)
Brook of Egypt24:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Corner Gate14:13OpenBible.infoHigh
CushBeyond this plate.19:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Dan10:29OpenBible.infoHigh
Dothan6:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Eden19:12OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 370)
Ephraim Gate14:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Galilee15:29OpenBible.infoHigh
Gath12:17OpenBible.infoHigh
Gath-hepher14:25OpenBible.infoHigh
Gaza18:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Geba23:8OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 370)
Gur9:27OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 122)
Haran19:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Hazor15:29OpenBible.infoHigh
Ijon15:29OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 459)
Janoah15:29OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 135)
Jotbah21:19OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 383)
Kedesh15:29OpenBible.infoHigh
Kir16:9OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 80)
Kir-hareseth3:25OpenBible.infoHigh
Lebo-hamath14:25OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Zion19:31OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount of Olives23:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Nineveh19:36OpenBible.infoHigh
Pharpar5:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Ramah8:29OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 443)
Rezeph19:12OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 374)
Rumah23:36OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 380)
Salt Sea14:25OpenBible.infoHigh
Second Quarter22:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Sela14:7OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 246)
Silla12:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Sur11:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Telassar19:12OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 67)
Tiphsah15:16OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 236)
Topheth23:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Upper Pool18:17OpenBible.infoHigh
Valley of Hinnom23:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Valley of Salt14:7OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 261)
Valley of the Arnon10:33OpenBible.infoHigh
Washer’s Field18:17OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 94)
Zair8:21OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 183)
Zion19:21OpenBible.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.