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The Places of Isaiah

Isaiah names 135 places; Jerusalem, Assyria and Egypt most often. 134 of them can be put on a map, 86 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 Isaiah. Every place is listed in the table below.30°E35°E40°E45°E50°E25°N30°N35°N40°NJerusalemZionBabylonSamariaMount ZionTyreDamascusHamathSodomArielArpadGomorrahHeshbonMount CarmelSidonZoanBozrahCity of DavidElealehJazerKir-haresethLachishSepharvaimSibmahUpper PoolWasher’s FieldAiathAnathothArAroerAshdodBeer-elimCalnehCarchemishCity of DestructionDedanDibonDibonEglaimEglath-shelishiyahGallimGebaGebimGibeahGozanHanesHaranHenaHoronaimHouse of the Forest of LebanonIvvahJahazKirKirLaishahLibnahLower PoolLuhithMadmenahMedebaMemphisMichmashMount PerazimMount SeirNeboNinevehNobOld PoolRamahRezephRimmonSelaSelaShiloahSyeneTelassarTemaTophethValley of AchorValley of GibeonValley of RephaimWay of HolinessZaphonZoarJerusalemAssyriaEgyptZionBabylonMoabNileSamariaTyreChaldeaDamascusHamathKedarArpadElamMidianMount CarmelSidonZoanBozrahCyprusSepharvaimAraratCalnehCarchemishDedanGozanHanesHaranHenaIvvahKirLudMediaMemphisMeshechMount SeirRed SeaRezephSelaSyeneTemaTubalZaphonN0400 km
  • Located with confidence
  • Location uncertain
  • Mountain
From Egypt to Persia, with the coasts and lakes as they lie today. 6 places lie beyond the plate and are in the table.

Every place in Isaiah

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
Jerusalem1:1, 1:21, 1:26, 2:1, 2:3, 3:1, 3:8, 4:3, 4:4, 5:3, 5:14, 5:26 and 61 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Assyria7:17, 7:18, 7:20, 8:4, 8:7, 10:5, 10:6, 10:7, 10:12, 10:16, 10:17, 10:18 and 37 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Egypt7:18, 10:24, 10:26, 11:11, 11:16, 19:1, 19:2, 19:3, 19:4, 19:6, 19:10, 19:11 and 35 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Zion1:8, 1:27, 2:3, 3:16, 3:17, 3:26, 4:3, 4:4, 10:24, 10:32, 12:6, 14:32 and 30 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Babylon13:1, 13:2, 13:14, 13:17, 13:19, 13:20, 13:22, 14:4, 14:22, 14:23, 21:1, 21:2 and 12 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Moab11:14, 15:1, 15:2, 15:4, 15:5, 15:8, 15:9, 16:2, 16:3, 16:4, 16:6, 16:7 and 8 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Nile7:18, 18:1, 18:2, 19:5, 19:6, 19:7, 19:8, 23:3, 23:10, 51:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Lebanon2:13, 10:34, 14:8, 29:17, 33:9, 35:2, 37:24, 40:16, 60:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Samaria7:9, 8:4, 9:9, 10:9, 10:10, 10:11, 28:1, 28:3, 36:19OpenBible.infoHigh
CushBeyond this plate.11:11, 18:1, 20:3, 20:4, 20:5, 37:9, 43:3, 45:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Edom11:14, 34:5, 34:6, 34:8, 34:9, 34:10, 34:11, 63:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Zion4:5, 8:18, 10:12, 18:7, 24:23, 29:8, 31:4, 37:32OpenBible.infoHigh
Tyre23:1, 23:3, 23:4, 23:5, 23:8, 23:10, 23:15, 23:17OpenBible.infoHigh
Chaldea13:19, 23:13, 43:14, 47:1, 47:5, 48:14, 48:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Syria7:1, 7:2, 7:4, 7:5, 7:8, 9:12, 17:3OpenBible.infoHigh
Damascus7:8, 8:4, 10:9, 17:1, 17:3OpenBible.infoHigh
TarshishBeyond this plate.23:1, 23:6, 23:10, 23:14, 66:19OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 305)
Euphrates7:20, 8:7, 11:15, 27:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Hamath10:9, 11:11, 36:19, 37:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Kedar21:16, 21:17, 42:11, 60:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Philistia9:12, 11:14, 14:29, 14:31OpenBible.infoHigh
Sodom1:9, 1:10, 3:9, 13:19OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 477)
Ariel29:1, 29:2, 29:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Arpad10:9, 36:19, 37:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Elam11:11, 21:2, 22:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Gomorrah1:9, 1:10, 13:19OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 415)
Heshbon15:4, 16:8, 16:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Midian9:4, 10:26, 60:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Carmel33:9, 35:2, 37:24OpenBible.infoHigh
Sharon33:9, 35:2, 65:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Sidon23:2, 23:4, 23:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Zoan19:11, 19:13, 30:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Bashan2:13, 33:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Bozrah34:6, 63:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Canaan19:18, 23:11OpenBible.infoHigh
City of David22:9, 29:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Cyprus23:1, 23:12OpenBible.infoHigh
East2:6, 11:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Elealeh15:4, 16:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Jazer16:8, 16:9OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 179)
Kir-hareseth16:7, 16:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Lachish36:2, 37:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Negeb21:1, 30:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Sepharvaim36:19, 37:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 177)
ShebaBeyond this plate.43:3, 60:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Sibmah16:8, 16:9OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 233)
Upper Pool7:3, 36:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Washer’s Field7:3, 36:2OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 94)
Aiath10:28OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 348)
Ammon11:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Anathoth10:30OpenBible.infoHigh
Ar15:1OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 145)
Arabah33:9OpenBible.infoHigh
ArabiaBeyond this plate.21:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Ararat37:38OpenBible.infoHigh
Arnon16:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Aroer17:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Ashdod20:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Beer-elim15:8OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 147)
Brook of Egypt27:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Brook of the Willows15:7OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 317)
Calneh10:9OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 100)
Carchemish10:9OpenBible.infoHigh
City of Destruction19:18OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 242)
Dedan21:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Dibon15:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Dibon15:9OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 193)
Dumah21:11OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 272)
Eden51:3OpenBible.infoNot located
Eden37:12OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 370)
Eglaim15:8OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 103)
Eglath-shelishiyah15:5OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 54)
Ephah60:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Galilee9:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Gallim10:30OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 277)
Geba10:29OpenBible.infoHigh
Gebim10:31OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 260)
Gibeah10:29OpenBible.infoHigh
Gozan37:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Great Sea11:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Hanes30:4OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 299)
Haran37:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Hena37:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 88)
Horonaim15:5OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 160)
House of the Forest of Lebanon22:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Ivvah37:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 67)
Jahaz15:4OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 302)
Javan66:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Jordan9:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Kir22:6OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 80)
Kir15:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Laishah10:30OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 193)
Libnah37:8OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 371)
Lower Pool22:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Lud66:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Luhith15:5OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 128)
Madmenah10:31OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 88)
Medeba15:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Media21:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Memphis19:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Meshech66:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Michmash10:28OpenBible.infoHigh
Migron10:28OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 306)
Mount Perazim28:21OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 302)
Mount Seir21:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Nebo15:2OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 346)
Nimrim15:6OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 410)
Nineveh37:37OpenBible.infoHigh
Nob10:32OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 162)
Old Pool22:11OpenBible.infoHigh
OphirBeyond this plate.13:12OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 190)
Pathros11:11OpenBible.infoHigh
PutBeyond this plate.66:19OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 463)
Ramah10:29OpenBible.infoHigh
Red Sea63:11OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 164)
Rezeph37:12OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 374)
Rimmon10:27OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 95)
Salt Sea16:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Sea of Egypt11:15OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 42)
Sela42:11OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 246)
Sela16:1OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 10)
Shihor23:3OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 437)
Shiloah8:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Shinar11:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Syene49:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Telassar37:12OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 67)
Tema21:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Topheth30:33OpenBible.infoHigh
Tubal66:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Valley of Achor65:10OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 418)
Valley of Gibeon28:21OpenBible.infoHigh
Valley of Rephaim17:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Way of Holiness35:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Zaphon14:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 359)
Zoar15:5OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 305)

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.