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The Places of Ezekiel

Ezekiel names 107 places; Egypt, Jerusalem and Babylon most often. 105 of them can be put on a map, 72 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 From Egypt to Persia with the places named in Ezekiel. Every place is listed in the table below.30°E35°E40°E45°E50°E25°N30°N35°N40°NJerusalemBabylonTyreSamariaSodomDamascusMount SeirDedanHoly PlaceMost Holy PlaceHamathLebo-hamathRabbahSidonTamarThebesArvadBeth-togarmahHazar-enanHethlonMemphisMeribahMigdolPelusiumSyeneValley of Hamon-gogAsshurBaal-meonBerothahBeth-jeshimothCannehDanEast GateEneglaimGamadGebalHamonahHaranHazer-hatticonHelbonHeliopolisKiriathaimMinnithPi-besethRiblahSaharSenirSibraimTahpanhesTel-abibThe Lord Is ThereZedadZoanEgyptJerusalemBabylonTyreChaldeaChebarSamariaSodomNileAssyriaMeshechMount SeirDedanHoly PlaceTubalCanaanHamathSidonTamarThebesArvadBeth-togarmahElamHazar-enanHethlonMagogMemphisMeribahMigdolPelusiumPersiaSyeneAsshurBerothahCannehCyprusEdenEneglaimGebalGomerHaranHelbonHelechKedarKoaPekodPi-besethRhodesZoanN0400 km
  • Located with confidence
  • Location uncertain
  • Mountain
From Egypt to Persia, with the coasts and lakes as they lie today. 8 places lie beyond the plate and are in the table.

Every place in Ezekiel

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
Egypt16:26, 17:15, 19:4, 20:5, 20:6, 20:7, 20:8, 20:9, 20:10, 20:14, 20:22, 20:36 and 52 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Jerusalem4:1, 4:3, 4:7, 4:16, 5:2, 5:5, 5:8, 5:10, 5:16, 7:23, 8:3, 9:4 and 32 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Babylon1:1, 12:13, 14:22, 17:12, 17:14, 17:15, 17:16, 17:17, 17:20, 19:9, 21:19, 21:21 and 10 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Tyre26:2, 26:3, 26:4, 26:5, 26:7, 26:15, 26:19, 27:2, 27:3, 27:8, 27:32, 28:2 and 3 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Chaldea1:3, 11:24, 12:13, 16:29, 23:14, 23:15, 23:16, 23:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Chebar1:1, 1:3, 3:15, 3:23, 10:15, 10:20, 10:22, 43:3OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 451)
Samaria16:46, 16:51, 16:53, 16:55, 16:61, 23:4, 23:33OpenBible.infoHigh
Sodom16:46, 16:48, 16:49, 16:53, 16:55, 16:56, 16:61OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 477)
Ammon21:20, 21:28, 25:2, 25:3, 25:5, 25:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Edom25:12, 25:13, 25:14, 32:29, 35:15, 36:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Great Sea47:10, 47:15, 47:17, 47:19, 47:20, 48:28OpenBible.infoHigh
Nile29:3, 29:4, 29:5, 29:9, 29:10, 30:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Assyria23:5, 23:7, 31:3, 31:15, 32:22OpenBible.infoHigh
CushBeyond this plate.29:10, 30:4, 30:5, 30:9, 38:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Damascus27:18, 47:16, 47:17, 47:18, 48:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Eden28:13, 31:9, 31:16, 31:18, 36:35OpenBible.infoNot located
Lebanon17:3, 27:5, 31:3, 31:15, 31:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Meshech27:13, 32:26, 38:2, 38:3, 39:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Seir25:8, 35:2, 35:3, 35:7, 35:15OpenBible.infoHigh
Salt Sea39:11, 47:8, 47:9, 47:10, 47:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Dedan25:13, 27:15, 27:20, 38:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Holy Place41:21, 41:23, 42:14, 44:27OpenBible.infoHigh
Moab25:8, 25:9, 25:10, 25:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Most Holy Place41:4, 44:13, 45:3, 48:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Negeb20:46, 20:47, 47:19, 48:28OpenBible.infoHigh
TarshishBeyond this plate.10:9, 27:12, 27:25, 38:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 305)
Tubal27:13, 38:2, 38:3, 39:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Canaan16:3, 16:29, 17:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Hamath47:16, 47:17, 48:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Lebo-hamath47:15, 47:20, 48:1OpenBible.infoHigh
PutBeyond this plate.27:10, 30:5, 38:5OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 463)
Rabbah21:20, 21:21, 25:5OpenBible.infoHigh
ShebaBeyond this plate.27:22, 27:23, 38:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Sidon27:8, 28:21, 28:22OpenBible.infoHigh
Tamar47:18, 47:19, 48:28OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 413)
Thebes30:14, 30:15, 30:16OpenBible.infoHigh
ArabiaBeyond this plate.27:21, 30:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Arvad27:8, 27:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Bashan27:6, 39:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Beth-togarmah27:14, 38:6OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 168)
Brook of Egypt47:19, 48:28OpenBible.infoHigh
East25:4, 25:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Elam32:24, 32:25OpenBible.infoHigh
Hauran47:16, 47:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Hazar-enan47:17, 48:1OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 290)
Hethlon47:15, 48:1OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 138)
Magog38:2, 39:6OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 167)
Memphis30:13, 30:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Meribah47:19, 48:28OpenBible.infoHigh
Migdol29:10, 30:6OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 385)
Pathros29:14, 30:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Pelusium30:15, 30:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Persia27:10, 38:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Philistia16:57, 25:15OpenBible.infoHigh
Syene29:10, 30:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Syria16:57, 27:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Valley of Hamon-gog39:11, 39:15OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 30)
Arabah47:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Asshur27:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Baal-meon25:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Bamah20:29OpenBible.infoNot located
Berothah47:16OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 248)
Beth-jeshimoth25:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Canneh27:23OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 202)
Chilmad27:23OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 60)
Cyprus27:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Dan27:19OpenBible.infoHigh
East Gate11:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Eden27:23OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 370)
Elishah27:7OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 395)
Eneglaim47:10OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 34)
Engedi47:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Gamad27:11OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 126)
Gebal27:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Gilead47:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Gomer38:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Hamonah39:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Haran27:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Hazer-hatticon47:16OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 170)
Helbon27:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Helech27:11OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 163)
Heliopolis30:17OpenBible.infoHigh
Javan27:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Jordan47:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Kedar27:21OpenBible.infoHigh
Kiriathaim25:9OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 141)
Koa23:23OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 199)
LibyaBeyond this plate.30:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Lud27:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Lud30:5OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 274)
Minnith27:17OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 135)
Pekod23:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Pi-beseth30:17OpenBible.infoHigh
RaamahBeyond this plate.27:22OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 121)
Rhodes27:15OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 129)
Riblah6:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Sahar27:18OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 85)
Senir27:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Shoa23:23OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 176)
Sibraim47:16OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 280)
Tahpanhes30:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Tel-abib3:15OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 227)
Teman25:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 116)
The Lord Is There48:35OpenBible.infoHigh
UzalBeyond this plate.27:19OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 226)
Zedad47:15OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 457)
Zoan30:14OpenBible.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.