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The Places of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel (2 Kingdoms) names 99 places; Jerusalem, Hebron and Jordan most often. 99 of them can be put on a map, 57 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 The Holy Land with the places named in 2 Samuel. Every place is listed in the table below.34°E35°E36°E30°N31°N32°N33°NJerusalemHebronGathMahanaimGibeonBethlehemRabbahBahurimBeershebaCity of DavidDanBeerothGibeahTekoaAbel-beth-maacahCarmelJabesh-gileadLo-debarMount GilboaMount of OlivesValley of RephaimDamascusEn-rogelGilgalGilohGobHelamHushahJezreelJezreelNetophahRogelimTobTyreZiklagAdullamAmmahAnathothAroerAshkelonBaal-hazorBaal-perazimBaale-judahBeth-shanEphes-dammimEphraimGaashGathGebaGezerGiahGittaimHarodHelkath-hazzurimHoronaimJattirJazerJerichoJordan ValleyKabzeelKing’s ValleyLehiMetheg-ammahMilloNobPerez-uzzahPirathonShaalbonSidonSirahThebezValley of SaltZelaZionJerusalemHebronAmmonGathMahanaimGeshurBeershebaDanTekoaAbel-beth-maacahArabahCarmelEdomJabesh-gileadLo-debarMoabMount GilboaDamascusGilgalGilohGobHelamJezreelRogelimTobTyreZiklagAdullamAmalekAmmahAroerAshkelonBaale-judahBeth-shanEphraimGaashGathGittaimJattirJazerJordan ValleyPirathonSidonSirahThebezValley of SaltN040 km
  • Located with confidence
  • Location uncertain
  • Mountain
The Holy Land, with the coasts and lakes as they lie today. 10 places lie beyond the plate and are in the table.

Every place in 2 Samuel

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
Jerusalem5:5, 5:6, 5:13, 5:14, 8:7, 9:13, 10:14, 11:1, 11:12, 11:22, 12:31, 13:30 and 25 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Hebron2:1, 2:3, 2:4, 2:11, 2:32, 3:2, 3:5, 3:12, 3:19, 3:20, 3:22, 3:27 and 12 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Jordan2:29, 10:17, 15:28, 16:14, 17:16, 17:21, 17:22, 17:24, 19:15, 19:17, 19:18, 19:31 and 5 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Ammon8:12, 10:1, 10:2, 10:3, 10:6, 10:8, 10:10, 10:11, 10:14, 10:19, 11:1, 12:9 and 4 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Gath1:20, 15:18, 15:19, 15:22, 18:2, 21:19, 21:20, 21:22OpenBible.infoHigh
Mahanaim2:8, 2:10, 2:12, 2:29, 17:24, 17:27, 18:23, 19:32OpenBible.infoHigh
Syria8:5, 10:9, 10:11, 10:13, 10:14, 10:17, 10:18, 10:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Gibeon2:12, 2:13, 2:16, 2:24, 3:30, 20:8, 21:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Bethlehem2:32, 21:19, 23:14, 23:15, 23:16, 23:24OpenBible.infoHigh
Geshur3:3, 13:37, 13:38, 14:23, 14:32, 15:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Rabbah11:1, 12:26, 12:27, 12:29, 12:31, 17:27OpenBible.infoHigh
ZobahBeyond this plate.8:3, 8:5, 8:12, 10:6, 10:8, 23:36OpenBible.infoHigh
Bahurim3:16, 16:5, 17:18, 19:16, 23:31OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 437)
Beersheba3:10, 17:11, 24:2, 24:7, 24:15OpenBible.infoHigh
City of David5:7, 5:9, 6:10, 6:12, 6:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Dan3:10, 17:11, 24:2, 24:6, 24:15OpenBible.infoHigh
Gilead2:9, 17:26, 17:27, 19:31, 24:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Beeroth4:2, 4:3, 4:5, 23:37OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 184)
Gibeah6:3, 6:4, 21:6, 23:29OpenBible.infoHigh
Tekoa14:2, 14:4, 14:9, 23:26OpenBible.infoHigh
Abel-beth-maacah20:14, 20:15, 20:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Arabah2:29, 4:7, 23:31OpenBible.infoHigh
Carmel2:2, 3:3, 23:35OpenBible.infoHigh
Edom8:12, 8:13, 8:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Jabesh-gilead2:4, 2:5, 21:12OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 479)
Lo-debar9:4, 9:5, 17:27OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 76)
Maacah10:6, 10:8, 23:34OpenBible.infoHigh
Moab8:2, 8:12, 23:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Gilboa1:6, 1:21, 21:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount of Olives15:30, 15:32, 16:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Valley of Rephaim5:18, 5:22, 23:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Aram8:6, 15:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Damascus8:5, 8:6OpenBible.infoHigh
EgyptBeyond this plate.7:6, 7:23OpenBible.infoHigh
En-rogel17:17, 17:18OpenBible.infoHigh
EthiopiaBeyond this plate.18:21, 18:31OpenBible.infoHigh
EuphratesBeyond this plate.8:3, 10:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Gilgal19:15, 19:40OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 465)
Giloh15:12, 23:34OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 91)
Gob21:18, 21:19OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 166)
Helam10:16, 10:17OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 270)
Hushah21:18, 23:27OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 241)
Jezreel2:9, 4:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Jezreel2:2, 3:2OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 436)
Kidron15:22, 15:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Netophah23:28, 23:29OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 454)
Rogelim17:27, 19:31OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 142)
Tob10:6, 10:8OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 383)
Tyre5:11, 24:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Ziklag1:1, 4:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Adullam23:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Amalek8:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Ammah2:24OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 217)
Anathoth23:27OpenBible.infoHigh
Aroer24:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Ashkelon1:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Baal-hazor13:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Baal-perazim5:20OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 73)
Baale-judah6:2OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 438)
BerothaiBeyond this plate.8:8OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 442)
Beth-rehobBeyond this plate.10:6OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 185)
Beth-shan21:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Ephes-dammim23:9OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 153)
Ephraim13:23OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 250)
Ephraim18:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Gaash23:30OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 383)
Gath6:10OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 264)
Geba5:25OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 148)
Gezer5:25OpenBible.infoHigh
Giah2:24OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 179)
Gittaim4:3OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 335)
HamathBeyond this plate.8:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Harod23:25OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 158)
Helkath-hazzurim2:16OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 480)
Horonaim13:34OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 149)
Jattir23:38OpenBible.infoHigh
Jazer24:5OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 179)
Jericho10:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Jordan Valley18:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Kabzeel23:20OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 158)
KadeshBeyond this plate.24:6OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 311)
King’s Valley18:18OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 195)
Lehi23:11OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 85)
Metheg-ammah8:1OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 274)
Millo5:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Negeb24:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Nob21:16OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 162)
Perez-uzzah6:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Philistia8:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Pirathon23:30OpenBible.infoHigh
RehobBeyond this plate.10:8OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 480)
Shaalbon23:32OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 348)
Sidon24:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Sirah3:26OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 186)
Thebez11:21OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 487)
TibhathBeyond this plate.8:8OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 94)
Valley of Salt8:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 261)
Zela21:14OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 163)
Zion5:7OpenBible.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.