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The Places of Jeremiah

Jeremiah names 135 places; Babylon, Jerusalem and Egypt most often. 134 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 From Egypt to Persia with the places named in Jeremiah. Every place is listed in the table below.30°E35°E40°E45°E50°E25°N30°N35°N40°NBabylonJerusalemZionMizpahAnathothTophethRiblahTahpanhesValley of HinnomShilohHamathHeshbonMemphisAshkelonBenjamin GateDamascusGazaGibeonGomorrahHoronaimSamariaSidonSodomTyreBozrahDanDedanDibonJahazJerichoKeriothKir-haresethKiriathaimMigdolMount CarmelNeboNew GateRabbahRamahSheshachAbarimAroerArpadAshdodAzekahBeth-diblathaimBeth-gamulBeth-haccheremBeth-meonBethelBethlehemBozrahCarchemishCorner GateEglath-shelishiyahEkronElealehGarebGeruth ChimhamGoahHeliopolisHolonHorse GateJazerKiriath-jearimLachishLibnahLuhithMadmenMephaathMerathaimMiddle GateMoresheth-gathMount HermonMount TaborMount ZionPeople’s GatePotsherd GateShechemSibmahTekoaTemaThebesTower of HananelZoarBabylonJerusalemEgyptChaldeaMoabZionElamRiblahTahpanhesAssyriaHamathMemphisArabahDamascusGazaHazorMediaNileSamariaSidonTyreBozrahDanDedanMigdolMount CarmelPathrosSheshachAraratArpadBuzCarchemishCyprusLudMinniMount TaborPekodRed SeaShechemTemaThebesN0400 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 Jeremiah

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
Babylon20:4, 20:5, 20:6, 21:2, 21:4, 21:7, 21:10, 22:25, 24:1, 25:1, 25:9, 25:11 and 159 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Jerusalem1:3, 1:15, 1:16, 2:2, 3:17, 4:3, 4:4, 4:5, 4:10, 4:11, 4:14, 4:16 and 121 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Egypt2:6, 2:18, 2:36, 2:37, 7:22, 7:25, 9:26, 11:4, 11:7, 16:14, 23:7, 24:8 and 52 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Chaldea21:4, 21:9, 22:25, 24:5, 25:12, 32:4, 32:5, 32:24, 32:25, 32:28, 32:29, 32:43 and 33 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Moab9:26, 25:21, 27:3, 40:11, 48:1, 48:2, 48:4, 48:7, 48:9, 48:11, 48:12, 48:13 and 27 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Zion3:14, 4:6, 4:30, 4:31, 6:2, 6:23, 8:19, 9:19, 14:19, 26:18, 30:12, 30:17 and 7 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Edom9:26, 25:21, 27:3, 40:11, 49:7, 49:8, 49:10, 49:14, 49:15, 49:17, 49:18, 49:19 and 3 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Mizpah40:6, 40:8, 40:10, 40:12, 40:13, 40:15, 41:1, 41:3, 41:6, 41:9, 41:10, 41:14 and 1 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Ammon9:26, 25:21, 27:3, 40:11, 40:14, 41:10, 41:15, 49:1, 49:2, 49:3, 49:4, 49:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Euphrates2:18, 13:4, 13:5, 13:6, 13:7, 46:2, 46:6, 46:10, 51:63OpenBible.infoHigh
Anathoth1:1, 11:21, 11:23, 29:27, 32:7, 32:8, 32:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Babylonia50:11, 50:12, 50:22, 50:26, 50:40, 51:27, 51:43OpenBible.infoHigh
Elam25:25, 49:34, 49:35, 49:36, 49:37, 49:38, 49:39OpenBible.infoHigh
Topheth7:31, 7:32, 19:6, 19:11, 19:12, 19:13, 19:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Riblah39:5, 39:6, 52:9, 52:10, 52:26, 52:27OpenBible.infoHigh
Tahpanhes2:16, 43:7, 43:8, 43:9, 44:1, 46:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Valley of Hinnom2:23, 7:31, 7:32, 19:2, 19:6, 32:35OpenBible.infoHigh
Shiloh7:12, 7:14, 26:6, 26:9, 41:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Assyria2:18, 2:36, 50:17, 50:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Gilead8:22, 22:6, 46:11, 50:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Hamath39:5, 49:23, 52:9, 52:27OpenBible.infoHigh
Heshbon48:2, 48:34, 48:45, 49:3OpenBible.infoHigh
Lebanon18:14, 22:6, 22:20, 22:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Memphis2:16, 44:1, 46:14, 46:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Negeb13:19, 17:26, 32:44, 33:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Arabah17:6, 39:4, 52:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Ashkelon25:20, 47:5, 47:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Benjamin Gate20:2, 37:13, 38:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Damascus49:23, 49:24, 49:27OpenBible.infoHigh
Gaza25:20, 47:1, 47:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Gibeon28:1, 41:12, 41:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Gomorrah23:14, 49:18, 50:40OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 415)
Hazor49:28, 49:30, 49:33OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 77)
Horonaim48:3, 48:5, 48:34OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 160)
Jordan12:5, 49:19, 50:44OpenBible.infoHigh
Media25:25, 51:11, 51:28OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Ephraim4:15, 31:6, 50:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Nehelam29:24, 29:31, 29:32OpenBible.infoNot located
Nile2:18, 46:7, 46:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Samaria23:13, 31:5, 41:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Shephelah17:26, 32:44, 33:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Sidon25:22, 27:3, 47:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Sodom23:14, 49:18, 50:40OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 477)
Tyre25:22, 27:3, 47:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Bashan22:20, 50:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Bozrah49:13, 49:22OpenBible.infoHigh
Dan4:15, 8:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Dedan25:23, 49:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Dibon48:18, 48:22OpenBible.infoHigh
Jahaz48:21, 48:34OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 302)
Jericho39:5, 52:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Kedar2:10, 49:28OpenBible.infoHigh
Kerioth48:24, 48:41OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 307)
Kir-hareseth48:31, 48:36OpenBible.infoHigh
Kiriathaim48:1, 48:23OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 141)
Migdol44:1, 46:14OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 230)
Mount Carmel46:18, 50:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Nebo48:1, 48:22OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 346)
New Gate26:10, 36:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Pathros44:1, 44:15OpenBible.infoHigh
Rabbah49:2, 49:3OpenBible.infoHigh
Ramah31:15, 40:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Sheshach25:26, 51:41OpenBible.infoHigh
Teman49:7, 49:20OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 116)
Abarim22:20OpenBible.infoHigh
ArabiaBeyond this plate.25:24OpenBible.infoHigh
Ararat51:27OpenBible.infoHigh
Arnon48:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Aroer48:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Arpad49:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Ashdod25:20OpenBible.infoHigh
AshkenazBeyond this plate.51:27OpenBible.infoHigh
Azekah34:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Beth-diblathaim48:22OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 192)
Beth-gamul48:23OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 412)
Beth-haccherem6:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Beth-meon48:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Bethel48:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 204)
Bethlehem41:17OpenBible.infoHigh
Bozrah48:24OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 283)
Buz25:23OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 34)
CaphtorBeyond this plate.47:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Carchemish46:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Corner Gate31:38OpenBible.infoHigh
CushBeyond this plate.46:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Cyprus2:10OpenBible.infoHigh
East49:28OpenBible.infoHigh
Eglath-shelishiyah48:34OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 54)
Ekron25:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Elealeh48:34OpenBible.infoHigh
Gareb31:39OpenBible.infoHigh
Geruth Chimham41:17OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 370)
Goah31:39OpenBible.infoHigh
Great Sea47:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Heliopolis43:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Holon48:21OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 430)
Horse Gate31:40OpenBible.infoHigh
Jazer48:32OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 179)
Kidron31:40OpenBible.infoHigh
Kiriath-jearim26:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Lachish34:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Leb-kamai51:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Libnah52:1OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 371)
Lud46:9OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 274)
Luhith48:5OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 128)
Madmen48:2OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 220)
Mephaath48:21OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 211)
Merathaim50:21OpenBible.infoHigh
Middle Gate39:3OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 210)
Minni51:27OpenBible.infoHigh
Moresheth-gath26:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Hermon18:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Tabor46:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Zion26:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Nimrim48:34OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 410)
Pekod50:21OpenBible.infoHigh
People’s Gate17:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Philistia47:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Potsherd Gate19:2OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 330)
PutBeyond this plate.46:9OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 463)
Red Sea49:21OpenBible.infoHigh
Salt Sea48:32OpenBible.infoHigh
Sea of Jazer48:32OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 92)
ShebaBeyond this plate.6:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Shechem41:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Sibmah48:32OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 233)
TarshishBeyond this plate.10:9OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 305)
Tekoa6:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Tema25:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Thebes46:25OpenBible.infoHigh
Tower of Hananel31:38OpenBible.infoHigh
UphazBeyond this plate.10:9OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 205)
Uz25:20OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 150)
Zimri25:25OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 48)
Zoar48:34OpenBible.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.