Introduction 2

Israel Today 3

Lands of the Bible 4

Abraham’s Journeys 6

The Exodus 8

Israel in Canaan 10

Dividing the Land 11

The Kingdom of Saul 12

The United Kingdom 13

Solomon’s United Kingdom 14

The Divided Kingdom 15

Elijah and Elisha 16

Jeroboam II and Uzziah 17

Four Great Empires 18

The Holy Land under the Maccabees 20

The Holy Land Relief 21

The Roman Empire 22

The Holy Land at the Time of Christ 24

Jesus in Galilee 25

Jerusalem at the Time of Christ 26

The Spread of Christianity beforePaul 27

Paul’s Missionary Journeys 28

Extent of the Church in A.D. 100 30

Index of Place Names 32

Contents

BIBLE ATLASTim Dowley

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On (Heliopolis)

Rameses

Migdol

Etham

Gaza

PithomSuccoth

Kadesh-barnea

? Dophkah

Paran

Rephidim

Hazeroth

JotbathahAbronah

Beersheba

Tamar

Punon

Iye Abarim

Dibon Gad

Heshbon

Timna

Mount Nebo

Sa l

tS

ea

Shihor LakeReed Sea

Bitter Lake

Nile

Zered

Jebel Mûsa(Mount Sinai)

?W

ildernessofParan

Wilderness of Zin

The Negeb

Route throughEdom and Moab(Numbers 33)

Route avoidingEdom and Moab(Numbers 21)

King'sHighway

Way to Shur

Noph (Memphis)

MO A B

ED

O

MGOSHEN

Way to the land of the Philistines

Wi l d

e r ne s s

o f S h u r

G R E A T S E A

W i l d e r n e s s o f S i n a i

MI

DI

A

N

Brook of Egy pt

RE

DS

EA

Miracle of water from the rock.Battle with the Amalekites.

Miracles of themanna and quailsWilderness of Sin

Moses receives theTen Commandments

0 20 40 60 miles

0 50 100 km

Traditional route of the Exodus

Track

Ezion-geber

98

Abraham’s descendants, the Israelites, re-mained in Egypt for some 400 years, becomingenslaved by the Egyptians. Finally, after aseries of terrible plagues, Moses led them outof Egypt, across the Red Sea, and into thedesert. We cannot be sure which direction theytook—the map shows the traditional route.(They would not have taken the direct, coastalroute, since it was guarded.) At Mount Sinai,Moses received the Ten Commandments. Later,spies were sent to reconnoiter the PromisedLand of Canaan.

After 40 years in the wilderness, and afterMoses had died, the Israelites crossed theRiver Jordan from Moab into the PromisedLand.Exodus, Numbers

Cana

anite

s

Hittites

Amalekites

Byblos Lebo-Hamath

DamascusTyre

Hazor

Shechem

Jebus (Jerusalem)

Hebron

Arad

Kadesh-barnea

Salt

Sea

Sea of Chinnereth

Jord

an

? Valley of Eshcol

T H EN E G E B

CA

N

A

A

N

GR

E

AT

SE

A

Cana

anite

s

A m o r i t e s

E DO

M

Brook of Egypt

AmoritesJebusites

M O A B

The Route of the Spies

The Exodus

Bare wilderness near Mount Sinai.

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E G Y P T

On (Heliopolis)

Rameses

Migdol

Etham

Gaza

PithomSuccoth

Kadesh-barnea

? Dophkah

Paran

Rephidim

Hazeroth

JotbathahAbronah

Beersheba

Tamar

Punon

Iye Abarim

Dibon Gad

Heshbon

Timna

Mount Nebo

Sa l

tS

ea

Shihor LakeReed Sea

Bitter Lake

Nile

Zered

Jebel Mûsa(Mount Sinai)

?W

ildernessofParan

Wilderness of Zin

The Negeb

Route throughEdom and Moab(Numbers 33)

Route avoidingEdom and Moab(Numbers 21)

King'sHighway

Way to Shur

Noph (Memphis)

MO A B

ED

OMGOSHEN

Way to the land of the Philistines

Wi l d

e r ne s s

o f S h u r

G R E A T S E A

W i l d e r n e s s o f S i n a i

MI

DI

A

N

Brook of Egy pt

RE

DS

EA

Miracle of water from the rock.Battle with the Amalekites.

Miracles of themanna and quailsWilderness of Sin

Moses receives theTen Commandments

0 20 40 60 miles

0 50 100 km

Traditional route of the Exodus

Track

Ezion-geber

98

Abraham’s descendants, the Israelites, re-mained in Egypt for some 400 years, becomingenslaved by the Egyptians. Finally, after aseries of terrible plagues, Moses led them outof Egypt, across the Red Sea, and into thedesert. We cannot be sure which direction theytook—the map shows the traditional route.(They would not have taken the direct, coastalroute, since it was guarded.) At Mount Sinai,Moses received the Ten Commandments. Later,spies were sent to reconnoiter the PromisedLand of Canaan.

After 40 years in the wilderness, and afterMoses had died, the Israelites crossed theRiver Jordan from Moab into the PromisedLand.Exodus, Numbers

Cana

anite

s

Hittites

Amalekites

Byblos Lebo-Hamath

DamascusTyre

Hazor

Shechem

Jebus (Jerusalem)

Hebron

Arad

Kadesh-barnea

Salt

Sea

Sea of Chinnereth

Jord

an

? Valley of Eshcol

T H EN E G E B

CA

N

A

A

N

GR

E

AT

SE

A

Cana

anite

s

A m o r i t e s

E DO

M

Brook of Egypt

AmoritesJebusites

M O A B

The Route of the Spies

The Exodus

Bare wilderness near Mount Sinai.

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A number of thriving, populoustowns surrounded the lake. Jesusmade His headquarters the fishingtown of Capernaum, which wasalso a frontier post on the Romanroad from Egypt to Damascus.

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0 15 30 45 miles

0 25 75 km50

PhilipHerod AntipasArchelausProvince of SyriaTown of the DecapolisFortress of Herod the GreatMain route

CapitalBoundary of Herod the Great’s kingdom

Land given toGaza

Antipatris Alexandrium

Cyprus

HyrcaniaHerodium

Masada

Machaerus

Damascus

Hippos

Raphana

Kanatha

DionGadara

Scythopolis(Beth-shan)

Pella

Philadelphia(Rabbath Ammon)

Lake Huleh

CaesareaPhilippi

ITURAEA

SEA OFGALILEE

DE

AD

SE

A

Sebaste(Samaria)

Tyre

Hebron

Esbus(Heshbon)

Marisa

Sychar(Shechem)

GamalaPtolemais

Sepphoris

Geba

JoppaPhaselis

Archelais

Jamnia Livias

Azotus

Ascalon

Gerasa(Jerash)

Jord

an

Jord

an

Mount Hermon

Mount Tabor

Jerusalem

Tiberias

Caesarea

PH

OE

NI C

I A

GAULANITIS

GALILEEBATANEA

TRACHONITIS

AURANITIS

DECAPOLIS

PEREA

SAMARIA

IDUMEA

NA

BA

TE

AN

S

S Y R I A

ME

DI

TE

RR

AN

EA

NS

EA

JUDAEA

The Holy Landat the Time of Christ

The Roman general Pompey tookJerusalem in 63 B.C., beginningalmost 700 years of Roman rule.Herod the Great ruled the HolyLand, under the Roman tutelage. Onhis death in 4 B.C., his kingdom wasdivided up among three of his sons.

Herod Antipas ruled Galilee andPerea; Philip ruled Ituraea andTrachonitis; and Archelaus ruledJudea, Samaria, and Idumea. In A.D.6, Archelaus was replaced by aRoman procurator; at the time ofJesus’ death, the procurator wasPontius Pilate (A.D. 26-36).

The Decapolis was a league ofself-governing Greek cities, formedafter Pompey’s campaign (65-62B.C.). It gave protection to its Gentilecitizens, who were mainly Greek-speaking Roman soldiers, againstmilitant Jews and Arabian tribes.

Jesus inGalilee

Much of Jesus’ ministry was spentteaching and healing around LakeGalilee, and Jesus’ earliest Apostleswere local fishermen (Mark 1:14-20). He often taught in a boat whilethe crowds listened from the shore.The lake was large and subject to

sudden squalls as winds sweptacross the valley: hence the un-expected storm at sea (Mark 4:35-41). The Sea of Galilee is sometimesalso known as Tiberias and Gen-nesaret.

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A number of thriving, populoustowns surrounded the lake. Jesusmade His headquarters the fishingtown of Capernaum, which wasalso a frontier post on the Romanroad from Egypt to Damascus.

25

Job: E9-39377 Title: Student Bible Atlas

24

0 15 30 45 miles

0 25 75 km50

PhilipHerod AntipasArchelausProvince of SyriaTown of the DecapolisFortress of Herod the GreatMain route

CapitalBoundary of Herod the Great’s kingdom

Land given toGaza

Antipatris Alexandrium

Cyprus

HyrcaniaHerodium

Masada

Machaerus

Damascus

Hippos

Raphana

Kanatha

DionGadara

Scythopolis(Beth-shan)

Pella

Philadelphia(Rabbath Ammon)

Lake Huleh

CaesareaPhilippi

ITURAEA

SEA OFGALILEE

DE

AD

SE

A

Sebaste(Samaria)

Tyre

Hebron

Esbus(Heshbon)

Marisa

Sychar(Shechem)

GamalaPtolemais

Sepphoris

Geba

JoppaPhaselis

Archelais

Jamnia Livias

Azotus

Ascalon

Gerasa(Jerash)

Jord

an

Jord

an

Mount Hermon

Mount Tabor

Jerusalem

Tiberias

Caesarea

PH

OE

NI C

I A

GAULANITIS

GALILEEBATANEA

TRACHONITIS

AURANITIS

DECAPOLIS

PEREA

SAMARIA

IDUMEA

NA

BA

TE

AN

S

S Y R I A

ME

DI

TE

RR

AN

EA

NS

EA

JUDAEA

The Holy Landat the Time of Christ

The Roman general Pompey tookJerusalem in 63 B.C., beginningalmost 700 years of Roman rule.Herod the Great ruled the HolyLand, under the Roman tutelage. Onhis death in 4 B.C., his kingdom wasdivided up among three of his sons.

Herod Antipas ruled Galilee andPerea; Philip ruled Ituraea andTrachonitis; and Archelaus ruledJudea, Samaria, and Idumea. In A.D.6, Archelaus was replaced by aRoman procurator; at the time ofJesus’ death, the procurator wasPontius Pilate (A.D. 26-36).

The Decapolis was a league ofself-governing Greek cities, formedafter Pompey’s campaign (65-62B.C.). It gave protection to its Gentilecitizens, who were mainly Greek-speaking Roman soldiers, againstmilitant Jews and Arabian tribes.

Jesus inGalilee

Much of Jesus’ ministry was spentteaching and healing around LakeGalilee, and Jesus’ earliest Apostleswere local fishermen (Mark 1:14-20). He often taught in a boat whilethe crowds listened from the shore.The lake was large and subject to

sudden squalls as winds sweptacross the valley: hence the un-expected storm at sea (Mark 4:35-41). The Sea of Galilee is sometimesalso known as Tiberias and Gen-nesaret.

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