| No. | Book | No. | Book | No. | Book |
| 1 | Matthew | 10 | Ephesians | 19 | Hebrews |
| 2 | Mark | 11 | Philippians | 20 | James |
| 3 | Luke | 12 | Colossians | 21 | 1 Peter |
| 4 | John | 13 | 1 Thessalonians | 22 | 2 Peter |
| 5 | Acts | 14 | 2 Thessalonians | 23 | 1 John |
| 6 | Romans | 15 | 1 Timothy | 24 | 2 John |
| 7 | 1 Corinthians | 16 | 2 Timothy | 25 | 3 John |
| 8 | 2 Corinthians | 17 | Titus | 26 | Jude |
| 9 | Galatians | 18 | Philemon | 27 | Revalation |
| No. | Book | No. | Book | No. | Book |
| 1 | Genesis | 14 | 2 Chronicles | 27 | Daniel |
| 2 | Exodus | 15 | Ezra | 28 | Hosea |
| 3 | Leviticus | 16 | Nehemiah | 29 | Joel |
| 4 | Numbers | 17 | Ester | 30 | Amos |
| 5 | Deuteronomy | 18 | Job | 31 | Obadiah |
| 6 | Joshua | 19 | Psalms | 32 | Jonah |
| 7 | Judges | 20 | Proverbs | 33 | Micah |
| 8 | Ruth | 21 | Ecclesiastes | 34 | Nahum |
| 9 | Samuel 1 | 22 | Song of Solomon | 35 | Habakkuk |
| 10 | Samuel 2 | 23 | Isaiah | 36 | Zephaniah |
| 11 | Kings 1 | 24 | Jeremiah | 37 | Haggai |
| 12 | Kings 2 | 25 | Lamentations | 38 | Zechariah |
| 13 | 1 Chronicles | 26 | Ezekiel | 39 | Malachi |
Books of the New Testament
Trivia About Places in the Bible
| King Herod | Roman King of Judea infamous for his killing of babies during the time of Jesus. |
| Pontius Pilate | Roman governor presided over Jesus' crucifixion |
| King Saul | Was the first king of the United Kingdom of Israel. He committed suicide during a battle with the Philistines. |
| David | The second king of the United Kingdom of Israel. He is depicted as a righteous king. |
| Solomon | Son of David. A prophet and the 3rd and final King of Isreal |
| Jesus | Known as Jesus Christ, Central figure of Christianity |
| Moses | Receiver of the Ten Commandments. He died at the age of 120, Led the Israelites Into the Promised Land |
| Joseph | The 11th son of Jacob and a Prophet of Islam |
| Zebedee | Hebrew fisherman, father of James and John, 2 of the Apostles of Jesus |
| Zacharias | Father of John the Baptist. A Priest and a Prophet who encourage the rebuilding of the Temple |
| Matthias | Was the apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot |
| Bathsheba | She was the mother of Solomon, who succeeded David (her 2nd husband) as king. |
| Matthew | Most often called Saint Matthew, is a Christian figure, and one of Jesus's Twelve Apostles. Associated With Levi (tax colletor) |
| Mark | Mark the Evangelist who was said to be a Disciple of Saint Peter and wrote the Gospel of Mark |
| Luke | Author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. Associated with Medicine. |
| John | Was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. |
| Goliath | Was a Philistine warrior, the future king of Israel. Famous Battle With David |
| Barabbas | Was the insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem. |
| John the Baptist | Was a mission preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of Baptism at the Jordan River. |
| Aaron | Brother of Moses.Famous for his cult image of the Golden Calf which he created to satisfy the Israelites during Moses' absence. |
| Salome | An icon of dangerous female seductiveness, recognised for her Dance Of Seven Veils which led to John The Baptists death. |
Biblical Characters
| Abana | The name of the main river of Damascus. |
| Achaia | The original name of a narrow strip of territory in Greece, on the northwest of the Peloponnesus. |
| Ai | A city mentioned along with Heshbon by Jeremiah 49:3, whose location is currently unknown. |
| Armageddon | The final battle of good against evil. |
| Ashdod | A Philistine city (Josh. 15:47), about midway between Gaza and Joppa, and 3 miles from the Mediterranean. It was one of the chief seats of the worship of Dagon (1 Sam. 5:5). It belonged to the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:47), but it never came into their actual possession. |
| Ashkelon | Ashkelon was one of the five cities of the Philistines (Josh. 13:3; 1 Sam. 6:17). It is mentioned on an inscription at Karnak in Egypt as having been taken by king Rameses II. |
| Baal-hazor | This was the name of the place on the borders of Ephraim and Benjamin where Absalom held the feast of sheep-shearing when Amnon was assassinated (2 Sam. 13:23). |
| Babel, Tower of | The name given to the tower built in the land of Shinar after the Deluge (Gen. 11:1-9). God dispersed them by confusing their language, and hence the name Babel, meaning “confusion.” |
| Beersheba | City with a well and Tamarisk tree at it's outer gate reminding one of the well dug and the tree planted by Abraham. |
| Bethany | A village on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives (Mark 11:1), about 2 miles east of Jerusalem, on the road to Jericho. It derived its name from the number of palm-trees which grew there. It was the residence of Lazarus and his sisters. |
| Bethel | It was originally the royal Canaanite city of Luz (Gen. 28:19). The name Bethel was at first apparently given to the sanctuary in the neighborhood of Luz, and was not given to the city itself till after its conquest by Ephraim. |
| Bethlehem | Birthplace of Jesus. |
| Capernaum | The Gennesaret area was one of the most prosperous and crowded districts of Palestine. Capernaum lay on the great Via Maris highway between Damascus (Syria) and Caesarea Maritima on the Mediterranean Sea, and between Tyre and Egypt. Customs taxes were collected from travelers at this crossroads (Matthew 9:9). This was the job of Levi, the tax collector, who became Christ's disciple and was later named Matthew. Jews criticized Jesus for befriending him and other tax collectors. |
| City of David | Is the name of the narrow promontory beyond the southern edge of Jerusalem's Temple Mount and Old City, with the Tyropoeon Valley (valley of the cheesemakers) on its west, the Hinnom valley to the south, and the Kidron Valley on the east. |
| Damascus | This was the name of the most ancient of Oriental cities, the capital of Syria (Isa. 7:8; 17:3) located about 133 miles north of Jerusalem. The location of this city is said to be the most beautiful of all Western Asia. |
| Dead Sea | The name given by Greek writers of the second century to that inland sea called in Scripture the “salt sea” (Gen. 14:3; Num. 34:12), the “sea of the plain” (Deut. 3:17), the “east sea” (Ezek. 47:18; Joel 2:20), and simply “the sea” (Ezek. 47:8) |
| Debir | A place near the "valley of Achor" (Josh. 15:7), on the north boundary of Judah, between Jerusalem and Jericho. |
| Dome of the Rock | Islamic shrine which houses the Foundation Stone, the holiest spot in Judaism. |
| Dothan | A famous pasture-ground where Joseph found his brethren watching their flocks. |
| Egypt | Egypt is the land of the Nile and the pyramids. |
| Ekron | It was assigned to Judah (Josh. 13:3), and afterwards to Dan (19:43), but came again into the full possession of the Philistines (1 Sam. 5:10). |
| Elim | The name of the second station where the Israelites encamped after crossing the Red Sea |
| Etham | Here the Israelites made their third encampment (Ex. 13:20; Num. 33:6). The camp was probably a little to the west of the modern town of Ismailia. |
| Ethiopia | Means Country of burnt faces; the Greek word from which the Hebrew “Cush” is translated (Gen. 2:13; 2 Kings 19:9; Esther 1:1; Job 28:19; Ps. 68:31; 87:4) It is mentioned 20 times in the Bible. |
| Gabbatha | “the ridge of the house” = “the temple-mound,” on a part of which the fortress of Antonia was built. This “temple-mound” was covered with a tesselated “pavement” |
| Garden of Eden | The place where Adam and Eve lived. |
| Garden of Gethsemane | Garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.Famous for being the place where Jesus and his disciples prayed the night before his crucifixion. |
| Gath | Famous for being the birthplace or residence of Goliath (1 Sam. 17:4). David fled from Saul to Achish, king of Gath (1 Sam. 21:10; 27:2-4; Ps. 56), and his connection with it will account for the words in 2 Sam. 1:20. It was afterwards conquered by David (2 Sam. 8:1). |
| Gaza | It is one of the oldest cities of the world (Gen. 10:19; Josh. 15:47). Its earliest inhabitants were the Avims, who were conquered and displaced by the Caphtorims (Deut. 2:23; Josh. 13:2, 3), a Philistine tribe. |
| Gibeon | One of the royal cities, greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty" (Josh. 10:2) |
| Gilead | A mountainous region east of Jordan |
| Golan Heights | Literal meaning 'exile'. |
| Golgotha | The common name of the spot where Jesus was crucified |
| Goshen | A district in Egypt where Jacob and his family settled, and in which they remained till the Exodus (Gen. 45:10; 46:28, 29, 31, etc.). |
| Havilah | A land mentioned in Gen. 2:11 rich in gold and bdellium and onyx stone. |
| Hebron | Is the largest city in the West Bank, located in the south, 30 kilometers south of Jerusalem. |
| High Place | The first altar after the flood that was built on a mountain. (Gen. 8:20). |
| Holy Sepulchre | Site worshipped by many as Golgotha (Calvary Hill) the place where Jesus was crucified and also believed by many to be his final resting place. |
| Isreal | This is the common name given to Jacob's descendants. The whole people of the twelve tribes are called “Israelites,” the “children of Israel” (Josh. 3:17; 7:25; Judg. 8:27; Jer. 3:21), and the “house of Israel” (Ex. 16:31; 40:38). |
| Ituraea | A district in the northeast of Palestine, forming, along with the adjacent territory of Trachonitis, the tetrarchy of Philip (Luke 3:1) |
| Jabbok | It was the boundary between the territory of the Ammonites and that of Og, king of Bashan (Josh. 12:1-5; Num. 21:24); also between the tribe of Reuben and the half tribe of Manasseh (21:24; Deut. 3:16). |
| Jericho | This city was taken in a very remarkable manner by the Israelites (Josh. 6). God gave it into their hands. |
| Jerusalem | The city of Jerusalem is also called Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs “el-Khuds,” meaning “the holy;” once "the city of Judah" (2 Chr. 25:28). |
| Jewish Quarter | Is one of the four traditional quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem. |
| Jezreel Valley | The scene of a victory by the Israelites, led by Gideon, against the Midianites, the Amalekiltes, and the Children of the East. Also the location at which the Israelites, led by King Saul, were defeated by the Philistines |
| Judea | The province of Judea, as distinguished from Galilee and Samaria, included the territories of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Dan, Simeon, and part of Ephraim. |
| Kadesh | The sacred city of the Hittites, on the left bank of the Orontes, about 4 miles south of the Lake of Homs. |
| Lachish | A royal Canaanitish city in the Shephelah, or maritime plain of Palestine (Josh. 10:3,5; 12:11) |
| Laish | A city of the Sidonians, in the extreme north of Palestine (Judg. 18:7, 14); called also Leshem (Josh. 19:47) and Dan (Judg. 18:7, 29; Jer. 8:16). |
| Laodicea | The city of this name mentioned in Scripture lay on the confines of Phrygia and Lydia, about 40 miles east of Ephesus (Rev. 3:14), on the banks of the Lycus. |
| Lebanon | Lebanon is first mentioned in the description of the boundary of Palestine (Deut. 1:7; 11:24). It was assigned to Israel, but was never conquered (Josh. 13:2-6; Judg. 3:1-3) |
| Lehi | A place in the tribe of Judah where Samson achieved a victory over the Philistines (Judg. 15:9, 14, 16), slaying a thousand of them with the jawbone of an ass. |
| Machpelah | Genesis 23 records the purchase by Abraham of a plot of ground in Hebron for a burial cave for his wife Sarah. Later Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob and Leah would be buried here. |
| Marah | A fountain at the sixth station of the Israelites (Ex. 15:23, 24; Num. 33:8) whose waters were so bitter that they could not drink them. |
| Megiddo | Originally one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 12:21), belonged to the tribe of Manasseh (Judg. 1:27), but does not seem to have been fully occupied by the Israelites till the time of Solomon (1 Kings 4:12; 9:15). |
| Mesopotamia | In the Old Testament it is mentioned also under the name "Padan-aram;" i.e., the plain of Aram, or Syria (Gen. 25:20). The northern portion of this fertile plateau was the original home of the ancestors of the Hebrews (Gen. 11; Acts 7:2). |
| Midian | The land of Midian. When Moses fled from Pharaoh, after killing an Egyptian, he dwelled in the land of Midian (Exodus 2:15). |
| Moab | The land of Moab (Jer. 48:24), called also the “country of Moab” (Ruth 1:2, 6; 2:6), on the east of Jordan and the Dead Sea, and south of the Arnon (Num. 21:13, 26). |
| Mount Ararat | The place where Noah's Ark came to rest. |
| Mount of Beatitudes | Suggested by many as the location for the 'Sermon on the Mount'. a Catholic chapel built in 1939 sits on top of the mount. |
| Mount Carmel | |
| Mount Ephraim | Mount Ephraim is the central mountainous district of Palestine occupied by the tribe of Ephraim (Josh. 17:15; 19:50; 20:7), extending from Bethel to the plain of Jezreel. |
| Mount Hermon | Northern boundary of Palestine approx. 40 miles north of the Sea of Galilee |
| Mount of Olives | Mountain ridge on the East of Jerusalem. The mount where Jesus stood when he wept over Jerusalem. |
| Mount Sinai | Site where Moses recieved the 10 Commandments. |
| Mount Tabor | 1843ft high. The Israelite tribes gathered on Mount Tabor in the days of the Deborah battle. Early Church fathers believed that the Transfiguration took place on Mt. Tabor |
| Mount Zion | Is an elevation west of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Israel. Jewish scriptures apply the term "Mount Zion" to the Temple Mount or the City of David, both located on this elevation. |
| Nazareth | The town where Jesus where brought up. |
| Nod | The name given to the city to where Cain fled. It lay on the east of Eden. |
| Oboth | An encampment of the Israelites during the wanderings in the wilderness (Num. 33:43), the first after the setting up of the brazen serpent. |
| Old City Gates | One of the gates on the North wall of Jerusalem, so called because it was built by the Jebusites. |
| Oracle | In the Old Testament used in every case, except 2 Sam. 16:23, to denote the most holy place in the temple (1 Kings 6:5, 19-23; 8:6). |
| Paradise | It came, in course of time, to be used as a name for the world of happiness and rest hereafter (Luke 23:43; 2 Cor. 12:4; Rev. 2:7). |
| Penuel | It is also called “Peniel.” Here Jacob wrestled (Gen. 32:24-32) “with a man” (“the angel”, Hos. 12:4. Jacob says of him, “I have seen God face to face”) “till the break of day.” |
| Pithom | One of the “treasure” cities built for Pharaoh Rameses II. by the Israelites (Ex. 1:11). |
| Ptolemais (Acco) | One of the stops on Paulandrsquo;s final return to Jerusalem. It served as the main port of the region until Caesarea was built. |
| Rephidem | Here no water could be found for the people to drink, and in their impatience they were ready to stone Moses, as if he were the cause of their distress. At the command of God Moses smote "the rock in Horeb," and a copious stream flowed forth, enough for all the people. |
| River Jordan | Chief river of Palenstine. |
| Road to Damascus | From the Conversion of Paul, we get the metaphorical reference to the "Road to Damascus" that has come to refer to a sudden conversion of thought or a change of heart or mind even in matters outside of a Christian context. |
| Samaria | The name "Samaria" derives from an ancient city of the same name, which was located near the south of Samaria, and was the capital of the Kingdom of Israel. According to 1 Kings 16:24, it is derived from the individual [or clan] Shemer, from whom Omri purchased the site. |
| Sea of Galilee | The lake often appears on maps and in the New Testament Bible as Lake Galilee or Lake Tiberias (John 6:1) while in the Old Testament Bible, it is called the "Sea of Chinnereth" (or spelled as "Kinnereth") (Numbers 34:11; Joshua 13:27). |
| Shiloh | Shiloh, a place of rest, a city of Ephraim, "on the north side of Bethel," from which it is distant 10 miles (Judg. 21:19); the modern Seilun (the Arabic for Shiloh), a “mass of shapeless ruins.” |
| Shimron | An ancient city of the Canaanites; with its villages, allotted to Zebulun (Josh. 19:15); now probably Semunieh, on the northern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, 5 miles west of Nazareth |
| Smyrna | The church founded here was one of the seven addressed by our Lord (Rev. 2:8-11). |
| Sodom | Sodom was a city in the valley of Siddim (Gen. 13:10; 14:1-16). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16-33; 19:1-29; Deut. 23:17). |
| Temple Mount | Constructed by herod the Great 20 B.C - A.D 64 |
| Tomb of the Kings | The final resting place for the family of Queen Helene of Adiabene in the first century A.D. Located 820 m north of the Old City walls, the tomb got its name from early explorers who believed that this magnificent tomb housed members of the dynasty of David. |
| Timna | A town of Judah (Josh. 15:10) / Samson married a Philistine woman here and asked a riddle here about a lion and honey (Judges 14). |
| Tower of Babel | According to the Book of Genesis,[1] was an enormous tower built at the city of Babylon. |
| Tree of Knowledge | Was a tree in the middle of the Garden of Eden (Gen 2:9) from which God directly forbade Adam (Eve having not yet been created) to eat (Gen 2:17). |
| Uz, Land of | This is the ancient land where Job lived, sometime after the Flood. |
| Uzza | A garden in which Manasseh and Amon were buried (2 Kings 21:18, 26). |
| Western Wall (Wailing Wall) | The Western Wall is the most holy place accessible to the Jewish people because of Muslim control of the Temple Mount. Known in recent centuries as the andquot;Wailing Wall,andquot; this was built by Herod the Great as the retaining wall of the Temple Mount complex. |
| Zelah | A town in Benjamin, where Saul and his son Jonathan were buried (2 Sam. 21:14). |
| Zion | When David took it from the Jebusites (Josh. 15:63; 2 Sam. 5:7) he built on it a citadel and a palace, and it became andquot;the city of Davidandquot; (1 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 19:21, 31; 1 Chr. 11:5). |
| Zoheleth | A rocky plateau near the center of the village of Siloam, and near the fountain of En-rogel, to which the women of the village went for water (1 Kings 1:5-9) |
| Zorah | This was Samson's birthplace (Judg. 13:2, 25), and near it he found a grave (16:31). |
Books of the Old Testament
Methuselah - Oldest man in the Bible. He reached the grand old age of 969 years and was the grandfather of Noah. Strictly speaking he was not the oldest man in the Bible as his father Enoch is described as living for eternity.
Noah - lived to the grand old age of 950. Noah was the first drunk in the Bible and was most noted for his Ark.
Tower of Babel - described by the bible as 'a united humanity of the generations following the Great Flood'. The tower was built by people who migrated from the East to the land of Shinar. The top of the tower reached up to the heavens.
Noah's Ark - described as being 300 Cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 Cubits high. The Ark featured a male and female of every creature on Earth and 8 humans. It eventually ended up on Mt. Ararat.
Mount Sinai (Mount Horeb or Mount Musa)- scene where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments from God. The mountain is situated in St. katherine City in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
The Fiery Furnace - Meshach, Shadrach and Abednigo were infamously cast into the Fiery Furnace by Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel in the Lion's Den - According to the Bible Daniel was carried off at a young age to Babylon where he became famous for interpreting dreams. Daniel was cast into the Lion's den by Darius after he learned of Daniel's repeated prayers to the Lord which was against the law.
Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) - Situated in Northern Israel near the Golan Heights in the valley caused by the separation of the African and Arabian plates.
Dome of the Rock - located on the Temple Mount in the old city of Jerusalem. Considered one of the holiest places in the Moslem religion.
Dead Sea Scrolls - Ancient Hebrew Bible scrolls found in 11 caves near the Dead Sea at Qumran.
Moses -
