The Places of Nehemiah
Nehemiah names 99 places; Jerusalem, Water Gate and Angle most often. 99 of them can be put on a map, 67 with confidence. The places and their references are OpenBible.info’s, which gathers what modern atlases and commentaries say about where each one stood.
- Located with confidence
- Location uncertain
- Mountain
Every place in Nehemiah
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.
| Place | References | Source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerusalem | 1:2, 1:3, 2:11, 2:12, 2:13, 2:17, 2:20, 3:8, 3:9, 3:12, 4:7, 4:8 and 23 more | OpenBible.info | High |
| Water Gate | 3:26, 8:1, 8:3, 8:16, 12:37 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Angle | 3:19, 3:20, 3:24, 3:25 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Dung Gate | 2:13, 3:13, 3:14, 12:31 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Ashdod | 4:7, 13:23, 13:24 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Beyond the River | 2:7, 2:9, 3:7 | OpenBible.info | High |
| EgyptBeyond this plate. | 9:9, 9:17, 9:18 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Fountain Gate | 2:14, 3:15, 12:37 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Geba | 7:30, 11:31, 12:29 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Mizpah | 3:7, 3:15, 3:19 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Ono | 6:2, 7:37, 11:35 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Ophel | 3:26, 3:27, 11:21 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Sheep Gate | 3:1, 3:32, 12:39 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Valley Gate | 2:13, 2:15, 3:13 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 270) |
| Anathoth | 7:27, 11:32 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Azmaveth | 7:28, 12:29 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 363) |
| BabylonBeyond this plate. | 7:6, 13:6 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Beersheba | 11:27, 11:30 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Bethel | 7:32, 11:31 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Broad Wall | 3:8, 12:38 | OpenBible.info | High |
| City of David | 3:15, 12:37 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Ephraim Gate | 8:16, 12:39 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Fish Gate | 3:3, 12:39 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Gate of Yeshanah | 3:6, 12:39 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Gibeon | 3:7, 7:25 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Hadid | 7:37, 11:34 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Jericho | 3:2, 7:36 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Keilah | 3:17, 3:18 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Lod | 7:37, 11:35 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Michmash | 7:31, 11:31 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Siloam | 2:14, 3:15 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Tekoa | 3:5, 3:27 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Tower of Hananel | 3:1, 12:39 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Tower of the Hundred | 3:1, 12:39 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Tower of the Ovens | 3:11, 12:38 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Zanoah | 3:13, 11:30 | OpenBible.info | High |
| AddonBeyond this plate. | 7:61 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 286) |
| Adullam | 11:30 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Ai | 7:32 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 226) |
| Aija | 11:31 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 296) |
| Ammon | 13:23 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Ananiah | 11:32 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 474) |
| AssyriaBeyond this plate. | 9:32 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Azekah | 11:30 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Bashan | 9:22 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Beeroth | 7:29 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 184) |
| Beth-gilgal | 12:29 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 314) |
| Beth-haccherem | 3:14 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Beth-pelet | 11:26 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 171) |
| Beth-zur | 3:16 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Bethlehem | 7:26 | OpenBible.info | High |
| ChaldeaBeyond this plate. | 9:7 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Chephirah | 7:29 | OpenBible.info | High |
| CherubBeyond this plate. | 7:61 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 295) |
| Dibon | 11:25 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 272) |
| Dragon Spring | 2:13 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 186) |
| East Gate | 3:29 | OpenBible.info | High |
| En-rimmon | 11:29 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 302) |
| Gate of the Guard | 12:39 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Ge-harashim | 11:35 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 212) |
| Gilead | 7:63 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Gittaim | 11:33 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 335) |
| Hakkephirim | 6:2 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Hazar-shual | 11:27 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 151) |
| Hazor | 11:33 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 342) |
| Hebron | 11:25 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Heshbon | 9:22 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Horse Gate | 3:28 | OpenBible.info | High |
| ImmerBeyond this plate. | 7:61 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 344) |
| Jarmuth | 11:29 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Jeshua | 11:26 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 304) |
| Kabzeel | 11:25 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 158) |
| Kidron | 2:15 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Kiriath-jearim | 7:29 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Lachish | 11:30 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Meconah | 11:28 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 64) |
| Meronoth | 3:7 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 160) |
| Moab | 13:23 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Moladah | 11:26 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 219) |
| Mount SinaiBeyond this plate. | 9:13 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 463) |
| Muster Gate | 3:31 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Neballat | 11:34 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Nebo | 7:33 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 217) |
| Netophah | 7:26 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 454) |
| Nob | 11:32 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 162) |
| Ramah | 7:30 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Ramah | 11:33 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 331) |
| Red SeaBeyond this plate. | 9:9 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 164) |
| Samaria | 4:2 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Second Quarter | 11:9 | OpenBible.info | High |
| SusaBeyond this plate. | 1:1 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Tel-harshaBeyond this plate. | 7:61 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 61) |
| Tel-melahBeyond this plate. | 7:61 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 101) |
| Tyre | 13:16 | OpenBible.info | High |
| UrBeyond this plate. | 9:7 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Valley of Hinnom | 11:30 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Zeboim | 11:34 | OpenBible.info | Uncertain (score 88) |
| Ziklag | 11:28 | OpenBible.info | High |
| Zorah | 11:29 | OpenBible.info | High |
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