Cities in the Book of Joshua

| Joshua 15:25

| 1?

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

| see Hezron (H2696)

| = Hezron (H2696), = Kerioth[-Hezron] (H7152) ?

|-

| חצור

| ḥṣwr

| Hazor [of Naphtali]

| {{Strong-number|H2674|H|2674}}

| Joshua 11:1.10-11.13; 12:19; 19:36

| 12

| Naphtali (a fortified city)

| Tell el Qedah, Khirbet Waqqas {{Coord|33|01|03|N|35|34|05|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|328}}

|

|-

| חצור חדתה

| ḥṣwr ḥdth

| Hazor Hadattah, Hazor-hadattah

| {{Strong-number|H2675|H|2675}}

| Joshua 15:25

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

| el-Ḫuḍēra{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Halah – Hizquni |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2015 |isbn=978-3-11-031328-4 |pages=444–445 |editor-last=Allison |editor-first=Dale C. |editor-last2=Helmer |editor-first2=Christine |volume=11 |chapter=Hazor-Hadattah |editor-last3=Leppin |editor-first3=Volker |editor-last4=Seow |editor-first4=Choon-Leong |editor-last5=Spieckermann |editor-first5=Hermann |editor-last6=Dov Walfish |editor-first6=Barry |editor-last7=Ziolkowski |editor-first7=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/94733/94733.pdf}}

|

|-

| חצר גדה

| ḥṣr gdh

| Hazar-Gaddah

| {{Strong-number|H2693|H|2693}}

| Joshua 15:27

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

|

|-

| חצרון

| ḥṣrwn (qrywt ḥṣrwn ?)

| Hezron

| {{Strong-number|H2696|H|2696}}

| Joshua 15:3.25

| 2

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag; southern border, to the east of Kadesh-Barnea)

|

| = Hazor [of Judah 2] (H2674), = Kerioth[-Hezron] (H7152) ?

|-

| חצר סוסה

| ḥṣr swsh

| Hazar-Susah

| {{Strong-number|H2701|H|2701}}

| Joshua 19:5

| 1

| Simeon within Judah (listed between Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-Marcaboth and Beth-Lebaoth)

|

| = Sansannah (H5578) ?

|-

| חצר שועל

| ḥṣr šwʿl

| Hazar-Shual

| {{Strong-number|H2705|H|2705}}

| Joshua 15:28; 19:3

| 4

| Simeon within Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

|

|-

| חוקקה

| ḥwqqh

| Hukkok

| {{Strong-number|H2712|H|2712}}

| Joshua 19:34

| 2 or 1

| Naphtali (south-western corner? with Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and Judah on Jordan towards the east?)

| ? Huqoq {{coord|32|53|5|N|35|28|44|E|display=inline}}

|

|-

| חרם

| ḥrm

| Horem

| {{Strong-number|H2765|H|2765}}

| Joshua 19:38

| 1

| Naphtali (a fortified city)

|

|

|-

| חרמה

| ḥrmh

| Hormah

| {{Strong-number|H2767|H|2767}}

| Joshua 12:14; 15:30; 19:4

| 9

| Simeon within Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

| ? Tell el-Milh, Tel Malhata{{cite journal

|last1= Na'aman

|first1= Nadav

|year= 1980

|title= The Inheritance of the Sons of Simeon

|journal= Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins

|volume= 96

|number= 2

|pages= 136–152

|jstor= 27931137

}} {{Coord|31|13|02|N|35|01|33|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite web

|url= http://imperium.ahlfeldt.se/places/36199.html

|title= Malatha, Tell el Milh/Malhatha

|last1= Åhlfeldt |first1= Johan

|date= 2014-11-01

|website= Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire

|publisher= Lund University, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180605111802/http://imperium.ahlfeldt.se/places/36199.html

|archive-date= 2018-06-05 |access-date= 2018-06-05

}} Hirbet el-Mesas, Khirbet el-Meshash, Tel Masos {{Coord|31|13|00|N|34|58|00|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite web

|url= https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-1123571&fid=3079&c=israel

|title= Tel Masos: Israel

|year= 1993

|website= Geographical Names (SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA)

|publisher= Information Technology Associates

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180605112803/https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-1123571&fid=3079&c=israel

|archive-date= 2018-06-05

|access-date= 2018-06-05

}} Tell el-Khuweilifeh, Tel Halif{{cite book

|author1-last= Grabbe

|author1-first= Lester L.

|author1-link= Lester L. Grabbe

|orig-year= 2004

|year= 2006

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1cPeBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA45

|page= 45

|url-access= limited

|title= A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period

|volume= 1

|publisher= Bloomsbury Publishing

|isbn= 9780567216175

}} {{Coord|31|22|58|N|34|51|59|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{cite web

|url= https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-1123528&fid=3083&c=israel

|title= Tel H̱alif: Israel

|year= 1993

|website= Geographical Names (SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA)

|publisher= Information Technology Associates

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180605114427/https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-1123528&fid=3083&c=israel

|archive-date= 2018-06-05

|access-date= 2018-06-05

}}

|

|-

| חשבון

| ḥšbwn

| Heshbon

| {{Strong-number|H2809|H|2809}}

| Joshua 9:10; 12:2.5; 13:10.17.21.26-27; 21:39

| 38

| Reuben, later Gad (east of Jordan, border between Reuben and Gad; a levitical city of Gad)

| Tell Ḥesbān (in Hisban) {{Coord|31|48|03|N|35|48|32|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| חשמון

| ḥšmwn

| Heshmon

| {{Strong-number|H2829|H|2829}}

| Joshua 15:27

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

|

|-

| טלם

| ṭlm

| Telem

| {{Strong-number|H2928|H|2928}}

| Joshua 15:24

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

|

|-

| יבוס

| ybws

| Jebus

| {{Strong-number|H2982|H|2982}}

| -

| 4 [45]

| Benjamin, Judah

| see Jerusalem (H3389)

| = Jerusalem (H3389). Mentioned indirectly as Jebusi (H2983)

|-

| יבוסי, היבוסי

| (h)ybwsy

| Jebusi, Ha-Jebusi

| {{Strong-number|H2983|H|2983}}

| Joshua 15:8; 18:16.28

| 41

| Benjamin (group B; important cities: Gibeon, Ramah, Mizpeh, Jerusalem; northern border of Judah, southern border of Benjamin), Judah (eventually)

| see Jerusalem (H3389)

| = Jerusalem (H3389), also an inhabitant of Jebus (H2982)

|-

| יבלעם

| yblʿm

| Ibleam

| {{Strong-number|H2991|H|2991}}

| Joshua 17:11

| 3

| Manasseh (west of Jordan, among Issachar and Asher)

| ? Khirbet Belameh/ Bel'ameh/ Balameh, Sheikh Mansur{{cite book

|year= 2012

|orig-year= 2005

|author1-last= Miller |author1-first= Robert D.

|title= Chieftains of the Highland Clans: A History of Israel in the 12th and 11th Centuries BC

|publisher= Wipf and Stock Publishers

|isbn= 9781620322086

|page= 16

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=P35NAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA16

|url-access= limited

}} {{Coord|32|26|45|N|35|17|29|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{rp|241}} Yubla, Khirbet Yebla{{cite journal

|author1-last= Phythian-Adams

|author1-first= William John

|year= 1922

|title= The Site of Ibleam

|journal= Palestine Exploration Quarterly

|volume= 54

|issue= 4

|pages= 142–147

|doi= 10.1179/peq.1922.54.4.142

}} {{Coord|32|34|33|N|35|28|10|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{cite map

|author1-last = Smith

|author1-first = George Adam

|author1-link = George Adam Smith

|author2-last = Bartholomew

|author2-first = John George

|author2-link = John George Bartholomew

|title = Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land

|map = Section III. Galilee

|map-url = https://archive.org/stream/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand-smith#page/n57/mode/1up

|year = 1915

|url = https://archive.org/details/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand

|scale = 1:253440

|publisher = Hodder & Stoughton

|pages = 19–20

|section = D4

}}

|

|-

| יבנאל

| ybnʾl

| Jabneel [of Judah]

| {{Strong-number|H2995|H|2995}}

| Joshua 15:11

| 1

| Judah (northern border, west or north-west of Ekron, between mount Baalah and the Mediterranean Sea)

| Tel Yavne{{cite book

|year= 2001

|orig-year= 1972

|author1-last= Negev |author1-first= Avraham

|author2-last= Gibson |author2-first= Shimon

|title= Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land

|location= New York, London

|publisher= The Continuum Publishing Group

|isbn= 9780826485717

|page= 253

}} south of the modern village of Yavne {{coord|31|51|58|N|34|44|47|E|display=inline}}

|

|-

| יבנאל

| ybnʾl

| Jabneel [of Naphtali]

| {{Strong-number|H2995|H|2995}}

| Joshua 19:33

| 1

| Naphtali

|

|

|-

| יגור

| ygwr

| Jagur

| {{Strong-number|H3017|H|3017}}

| Joshua 15:21

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

| Hirbet Sumrā{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Ho Tsun Shen – Insult |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2016 |isbn=978-3-11-031329-1 |pages=679–680 |editor-last=Allison |editor-first=Dale C. |editor-last2=Helmer |editor-first2=Christine |volume=12 |chapter=Jagur |editor-last3=McKenzie |editor-first3=Stephen L. |editor-last4=Römer |editor-first4=Thomas |editor-last5=Schröter |editor-first5=Jens |editor-last6=Seow |editor-first6=Choon-Leong |editor-last7=Dov Walfish |editor-first7=Barry |editor-last8=Ziolkowski |editor-first8=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/94855/94855.pdf}}

|

|-

| ידאלה

| ydʾlh

| Idalah

| {{Strong-number|H3030|H|3030}}

| Joshua 19:15

| 1

| Zebulun

| Hirbet el-Huwāra{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Ho Tsun Shen – Insult |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2016 |isbn=978-3-11-031329-1 |pages=800–801 |editor-last=Allison |editor-first=Dale C. |editor-last2=Helmer |editor-first2=Christine |volume=12 |chapter=Idalah |editor-last3=McKenzie |editor-first3=Stephen L. |editor-last4=Römer |editor-first4=Thomas |editor-last5=Schröter |editor-first5=Jens |editor-last6=Seow |editor-first6=Choon-Leong |editor-last7=Dov Walfish |editor-first7=Barry |editor-last8=Ziolkowski |editor-first8=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/94748/94748.pdf}}

|

|-

| יהד

| yhd

| Jehud

| {{Strong-number|H3055|H|3055}}

| Joshua 19:45

| 1

| Dan

| Tell Yehud (Tell Al-Yahudiya){{cite book

|year= 2001

|orig-year= 1972

|author1-last= Negev |author1-first= Avraham

|author2-last= Gibson |author2-first= Shimon

|title= Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land

|location= New York, London

|publisher= The Continuum Publishing Group

|isbn= 9780826485717

|page= 547f}} within the modern city od Yehud

|

|-

| יהצה

| yhṣh

| Jahaza, Jahaz

| {{Strong-number|H3096|H|3096}}

| Joshua 13:18; 21:36

| 9

| Reuben (east of Jordan; a levitical city)

| ? Hirbet al-Mudayyina{{cite book

|author1-last= Lipiński

|author1-first= Edward

|year= 2006

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=837DDbYsxAoC&pg=PA328

|page= 328

|url-access= limited

|title= On the Skirts of Canaan in the Iron Age: Historical and Topographical Researches

|series= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta

|volume= 153

|publisher= Peeters Publishers

|isbn= 9789042917989

}} {{Coord|31|35|19|N|35|54|28|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Hirbet Libb {{Coord|31|36|23|N|35|45|41|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Galul, Tell Jalul {{Coord|31|43|10|N|35|51|21|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Umm al-Walid {{Coord|31|38|47|N|35|53|42|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| יזרעאל

| yzrʿʾl

| Jezreel [of Judah]

| {{Strong-number|H3157|H|3157}}

| Joshua 15:56

| 2?

| Judah (important cities: Gibeah, Timnah)

|

|

|-

| יזרעאל

| yzrʿʾl

| Jezreel [of Issachar]

| {{Strong-number|H3157|H|3157}}

| Joshua 17:16; 19:18

| 32?

| Issachar (near Manasseh's and Ephraim's territory)

| Tell Jezreel (near Yizre'el, Zir'in) {{Coord|32|33|28|N|35|19|41|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| יוטה

| ywṭh

| Juttah

| {{Strong-number|H3194|H|3194}}

| Joshua 15:55; 21:16

| 2

| Judah (important cities: Gibeah, Timnah; a levitical city)

| Yattah{{cite book |title=The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament |last=Walton |first=John H. |publisher=InterVarsity Press |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-8308-1419-0 |pages=238 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wIA3tH9HqY4C&pg=PA238 |last2=Matthews |first2=Victor H. |last3=Chavalas |first3=Mark W.}} {{Coord|31|26|52|N|35|05|24|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| ינוחה

| ynwḥh

| Janohah, Janoah

| {{Strong-number|H3239|H|3239}}

| Joshua 16:6-7

| 2

| Ephraim (Ephraim's eastern border, between Taanath-Shiloh and Jericho)

| ? Khirbet Yanun; Nebi Nun

|

|-

| ינים, ינום

| ynym, ynwm

| Janim, Janum

| {{Strong-number|H3241|H|3241}}

| Joshua 15:53

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Hebron)

|

|

|-

| יעזר

| yʿzr

| Jazer

| {{Strong-number|H3270|H|3270}}

| Joshua 13:25; 21:39

| 13

| Gad (east of Jordan; a levitical city)

| ? Khirbat Jazzir, Hirbet Gazzir{{cite journal

|last1= Finkelstein |first1= Israel |author-link1= Israel Finkelstein

|last2= Koch |first2= Ido

|last3= Lipschits |first3= Oded |author-link3= Oded Lipschits

|year= 2011

|title= The Biblical Gilead

|url= https://www.academia.edu/3744680

|journal= Ugarit-Forschungen

|number= 43

|pages= 131–159

|issn= 0342-2356}}{{rp|140–141}} (south of Al-Salt) {{Coord|32|00|17|N|35|44|21|E|type:city|display=inline}}?;{{cite encyclopedia

|last1= Younker |first1= Randall W.

|editor1-last= Freedman |editor1-first= David Noel

|editor2-last= Myers |editor2-first= Allen C.

|encyclopedia= Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

|title= Jazer

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qRtUqxkB7wkC&pg=PA675

|access-date= 2018-05-29

|year= 2000

|publisher= Amsterdam University Press|isbn= 9789053565032

|page=675 |url-access=limited}} Khirbet es-Sar{{rp|140}} (west of Amman) {{Coord|31|56|42|N|35|49|47|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite map

|author1-last = Smith

|author1-first = George Adam

|author1-link = George Adam Smith

|author2-last = Bartholomew

|author2-first = John George

|author2-link = John George Bartholomew

|title = Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land

|map = Section VI. South Gilead and Ammon

|map-url = https://archive.org/stream/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand-smith#page/n67/mode/1up

|year = 1915

|url = https://archive.org/details/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand

|scale = 1:253440

|publisher = Hodder & Stoughton

|pages = 25–6

|section = D4

}}

Khirbet es-Sireh{{rp|140}} (west of Amman) {{Coord|31|57|25|N|35|48|53|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Yahuz/Yajuz/Yaguz{{rp|140}} {{Coord|32|01|21|N|35|55|16|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Kom Yahuz/Yajuz {{Coord|32|01|54|N|35|54|38|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Khirbat al-Yadudeh{{rp|140}} {{Coord|31|50|47|N|35|54|46|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite journal

|last1= Ibach |first1= Robert Jr.

|year= 1978

|title= Expanded Archaeological Survey of the Hesban Region

|url= https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/auss/vol16/iss1/7/

|access-date= 2018-05-30

|journal= Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

|volume= 16

|number= 1

|pages= 201–213

|format= PDF

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180530121443/https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1725&context=auss

|archive-date= 2018-05-30

}}{{cite web

|url= https://epsg.io/map#srs=7142&x=236500&y=139500&z=16

|title= EPSG.io: Coordinate Systems Worldwide (2365.1395)

|publisher= Klokan Technologies GmbH

|access-date= 2018-05-30

}} Beit Zerah, Hirbet Bet Zer'a;{{rp|140}} Tell el-'Areme{{rp|141}}

|

|-

| יפו

| ypw

| Japho

| {{Strong-number|H3305|H|3305}}

| Joshua 19:46

| 4

| ? (border of Dan's territory ran to the south? of the city)

| Tell of Jaffa{{cite book |title=The History and Archaeology of Jaffa 1 |last=Burke |first=Aaron A. |publisher=Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press |year=2011 |isbn=9781938770562 |pages=72–73 |editor-last=Burke |editor-first=Aaron A. |chapter=Early Jaffa: From the Bronze Age to the Persian Period |editor-last2=Peilstocker |editor-first2=Martin |chapter-url=http://www.ancientportsantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/Documents/PLACES/Levant/Jaffa-Burke2011.pdf}} {{coord|32|03|08|N|34|45|11|E|display=inline}}

|

|-

| יפיע

| ypyʿ

| Japhia

| {{Strong-number|H3309|H|3309}}

| Joshua 19:12

| 1

| Zebulun (Zebulun's southern? border, between Chisloth-Tabor, Daberath and Gittah-Hepher)

| Yafa;{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Ho Tsun Shen – Insult |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2016 |isbn=978-3-11-031329-1 |pages=773–774 |editor-last=Allison |editor-first=Dale C. |editor-last2=Helmer |editor-first2=Christine |volume=12 |chapter=Japhia |editor-last3=McKenzie |editor-first3=Stephen L. |editor-last4=Römer |editor-first4=Thomas |editor-last5=Schröter |editor-first5=Jens |editor-last6=Seow |editor-first6=Choon-Leong |editor-last7=Dov Walfish |editor-first7=Barry |editor-last8=Ziolkowski |editor-first8=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/97044/97044.pdf}} el-Mešhed

|

|-

| יפלטי, היפלטי

| (h)yplṭy

| Japhleti, Ha-Japhleti

| {{Strong-number|H3311|H|3311}}

| Joshua 16:3

| 1

| Ephraim (southern border, between Bethel, Ataroth and the lower Beth-Horon)

|

| inhabitants of a city of a similar name or members of a clan

|-

| יפתח

| yptḥ

| Jiphtah, Jephthah

| {{Strong-number|H3316|H|3316}}

| Joshua 15:43

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Libnah, Keilah, Achzib, Maresha)

|

|

|-

| יפתחאל

| yptḥʾl

| Jipthah-El [a valley]

| {{Strong-number|H3317|H|3317}}

| Joshua 19:14.27

| 2

| Zebulun (border between Asher and Zebulun)

| ? Wadi al-Mālik;{{rp|210}} Sahl el-Battōf;{{rp|210}} Wadi ʾAbellīn{{rp|210}}

| a valley, but possibly also a city of the same name

|-

| יקדעם

| yqdʿm

| Jokdeam

| {{Strong-number|H3347|H|3347}}

| Joshua 15:56

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Gibeah, Timnah)

|

|

|-

| יקנעם

| yqnʿm

| Jokneam

| {{Strong-number|H3362|H|3362}}

| Joshua 12:22; 19:11; 21:34

| 3

| Zebulun (Zebulun's border, north-western? corner; in Carmel; a levitical city)

| Tel YokneamCarta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.479f, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}}

{{cite book

|year= 2001

|orig-year= 1972

|author1-last= Negev |author1-first= Avraham

|author2-last= Gibson |author2-first= Shimon

|title= Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land

|location= New York, London

|publisher= The Continuum Publishing Group

|isbn= 9780826485717

|page= 550

}} in the northern part of the modern city of Yokneam Illit {{coord|32|39|51|N|35|06|6.3|E|display=inline}}

|

|-

| יקתאל

| yqtʾl

| Joktheel

| {{Strong-number|H3371|H|3371}}

| Joshua 15:38

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Lachish, Eglon, Makkedah)

|

|

|-

| יראון

| yrʾwn

| Iron

| {{Strong-number|H3375|H|3375}}

| Joshua 19:38

| 1

| Naphtali (a fortified city)

| ? Yaroun{{rp|31}} {{Coord|33|04|50|N|35|25|21|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| ירושלם

| yrwšlm

| Jerusalem

| {{Strong-number|H3389|H|3389}}

| Joshua 10:1.3.5.23; 12:10; 15:8.63; 18:28

| 643

| Benjamin (initially; group B; important cities: Gibeon, Ramah, Mizpeh, Jerusalem; northern border of Judah; not very far from Ai, Gibeon; one of the cities in the Jerusalem coalition: Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, Eglon), Judah (eventually)

| City of David{{rp|166}} (in Jerusalem) {{Coord|31|46|26|N|35|14|09|E|type:city|display=inline}}

| = Jebusi (H2983)

|-

| יריחו

| yryḥw

| Jericho

| {{Strong-number|H3405|H|3405}}

| Joshua 2:1-3; 3:16; 4:13.19; 5:10.13; 6:1-2.25-26; 7:2; 8:2; 9:3; 10:1.28.30; 12:9; 16:1.7; 18:12.21; 20:8; 24:11

| 57

| Benjamin (group A; important cities: Bethel, Jericho; north-eastern border of Benjamin's territory; south-eastern border of Ephraim's territory; not far from the Jordan river)

| Tell es-Sultan{{cite book

|last1= Sala |first1= Maura

|chapter= The Archaeological Expeditions to Tell es-Sultan (1868–2012)

|chapter-url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270341231

|editor1-last= Wagemakers|editor1-first= Bart

|title= Archaeology in the Land of 'Tells and Ruins'

|access-date= 2018-05-29

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180529084323/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270341231_Tell_es-Sultan_Jericho_The_Archaeological_Expeditions_to_Tell_es-Sultan_1868-2012

|archive-date= 2018-05-29

|publisher= Oxbow Books

|date= 2014

|pages= 117–130|isbn= 9781782972464

}}{{cite journal

|last1= Nigro

|first1= Lorenzo

|author-link1= Lorenzo Nigro

|year= 2016

|title= Tell es-Sultan 2015: A Pilot Project for Archaeology in Palestine

|url= https://www.academia.edu/25315245

|access-date= 2018-05-29

|journal= Near Eastern Archaeology

|volume= 79

|number= 1

|pages= 4–17

|jstor= 10.5615/neareastarch.79.1.0004

|doi= 10.5615/neareastarch.79.1.0004

|hdl= 11573/896220

|s2cid= 163776801

|hdl-access= free

}} (in Jericho) {{Coord|31|52|16|N|35|26|39|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| ירמוח

| yrmwt

| Jarmuth [of Judah]

| {{Strong-number|H3412|H|3412}}

| Joshua 10:3.5.23; 12:11; 15:35

| 6

| Judah ("in the valley"; important cities: Eshtaol, Zoreah, Engannim, Tappuah, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh 1, Azekah; one of the cities in the Jerusalem coalition: Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, Eglon)

| ? Khirbet el-Yarmuk, Tel Yarmuth{{cite journal

|last1= de Miroschedji

|first1= Pierre

|year= 1999

|title= Yarmuth: The Dawn of City-States in Southern Canaan

|url= https://www.academia.edu/1820541

|access-date= 2018-06-15

|journal= Near Eastern Archaeology

|volume= 62

|number= 1

|pages= 2–19

|jstor= 3210719

|doi= 10.2307/3210719

|s2cid= 224790959

}} {{Coord|31|42|31|N|34|58|30|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{cite encyclopedia

|last1= Cole |first1= R. Dennis

|editor1-last= Freedman |editor1-first= David Noel

|editor2-last= Myers |editor2-first= Allen C.

|encyclopedia= Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

|title= Jarmuth

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qRtUqxkB7wkC&pg=PA674

|access-date= 2018-06-15

|year= 2000

|publisher= Amsterdam University Press

|isbn= 9789053565032

|page= 674

|url-access= limited

}}

|

|-

| ירמוח

| yrmwt

| Jarmuth [of Issachar]

| {{Strong-number|H3412|H|3412}}

| Joshua 21:29

| 1

| Issachar (a levitical city)

| Kōkab el-Hawā;{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Ho Tsun Shen – Insult |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2016 |isbn=978-3-11-031329-1 |page=777 |editor-last=Allison |editor-first=Dale C. |editor-last2=Helmer |editor-first2=Christine |volume=12 |chapter=Jarmuth |editor-last3=McKenzie |editor-first3=Stephen L. |editor-last4=Römer |editor-first4=Thomas |editor-last5=Schröter |editor-first5=Jens |editor-last6=Seow |editor-first6=Choon-Leong |editor-last7=Dov Walfish |editor-first7=Barry |editor-last8=Ziolkowski |editor-first8=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/94857/94857.pdf}} Ēn el-Ğirānī

|

|-

| ירפאל

| yrpʾl

| Irpeel

| {{Strong-number|H3416|H|3416}}

| Joshua 18:27

| 1

| Benjamin (group B; important cities: Gibeon, Ramah, Mizpeh, Jerusalem)

| A nameless site near Rāfāt{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Integrity – Jesuit Order |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2016 |isbn=978-3-11-031330-7 |pages=257–258 |editor-last=Allison |editor-first=Dale C. |editor-last2=Helmer |editor-first2=Christine |volume=13 |chapter=Irpeel |editor-last3=Leppin |editor-first3=Volker |editor-last4=Seow |editor-first4=Choon-Leong |editor-last5=Spieckermann |editor-first5=Hermann |editor-last6=Dov Walfish |editor-first6=Barry |editor-last7=Ziolkowski |editor-first7=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/94749/94749.pdf}}

|

|-

| יתיר

| ytyr

| Jattir

| {{Strong-number|H3492|H|3492}}

| Joshua 15:48; 21:14

| 4

| Judah ("in the mountains"; important cities: Debir, Goshen; a levitical city)

| Khirbet Attir {{coord|31|21|09|N|35|00|58|E|display=inline}}

|

|-

| יתלה

| ytlh

| Jethlah

| {{Strong-number|H3494|H|3494}}

| Joshua 19:42

| 1

| Dan

|

|

|-

| יתנן

| ytnn

| Ithnan

| {{Strong-number|H3497|H|3497}}

| Joshua 15:23

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

|

|-

| כבול

| kbwl

| Cabul

| {{Strong-number|H3521|H|3521}}

| Joshua 19:27

| 1

| Asher

|

|

|-

| כבון

| kbwn

| Cabbon

| {{Strong-number|H3522|H|3522}}

| Joshua 15:40

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Lachish, Eglon, Makkedah)

|

|

|-

| כנרת

| knrt

| Chinnereth

| {{Strong-number|H3672|H|3672}}

| Joshua (11:2?;) 19:35

| 3?

| Naphtali (a fortified city)

| Tel el-'Oreimeh (Arab.)/Tel Kinrot (hebr.)It is dentified with this tel by most scholars as W.F. Albright, G. Dalman, Y. Aharoni.

({{cite book

|year= 2001

|orig-year= 1972

|author1-last= Negev |author1-first= Avraham

|author2-last= Gibson |author2-first= Shimon

|title= Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land

|location= New York, London

|publisher= The Continuum Publishing Group

|isbn= 9780826485717

|page= 285}}

{{cite book

|year= 1977

|author1-last= Avi-Yonah |author1-first= Michael

|author2-last= Stern |author2-first= Ephraim

|title= Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Vol III

|location= Englewood Cliffs N.J.

|publisher= Prentice Hall

|isbn= 0132751313

|page= 719}}) (northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee)

{{coord|32|51|38|N|35|30|26|E|display=inline}}

|

|

|-

| כסיל

| ksyl

| Chesil

| {{Strong-number|H3686|H|3686}}

| Joshua 15:30

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag; listed between Azem, Eltolad and Hormah, Ziklag)

|

| = Bethul (H1329, Simeon's) ?

|-

| כסולת, הכסולת

| (h)kswlt

| Chesulloth

| {{Strong-number|H3694|H|3694}}

| Joshua 19:18

| 1

| Issachar

|

|

|-

| כסלון

| kslwn

| Chesalon, Kesalon

| {{Strong-number|H3693|H|3693}}

| Joshua 15:10

| 2

| Judah

| Tel Kesalon, just north of Moshav Kesalon[https://www.biblewalks.com/kesalon Tel Kesalon]Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.268, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}}

{{coord|31|46|26|N|35|2|58|E|display=inline}}

|

|

|-

| כסלת תבר

| kslt tbr

| Chisloth-Tabor

| {{Strong-number|H3696|H|3696}}

| Joshua 19:12

| 1

| Zebulun (Zebulun's southern? border, not far from Sarid)

| ? Iksal;{{rp|207}} Hirbet et-Tireh{{rp|207}}

|

|-

| כפירה, הכפירה

| (h)kpyrh

| Chephirah, Ha-Chephirah

| {{Strong-number|H3716|H|3716}}

| Joshua 9:17; 18:26

| 4

| Benjamin (group B; important cities: Gibeon, Ramah, Mizpeh, Jerusalem; a city of Gibeonites alongside Gibeon, Beeroth and Kirjath-jearim)

|

|

|-

| כפרהעמנה, כפרהעמני

| kpr(h)ʿmnh, kpr(h)ʿmny

| Chephar Ammoni, Kephar Ha-Ammoni

| {{Strong-number|H3726|H|3726}}

| Joshua 18:24

| 1

| Benjamin (group A; important cities: Bethel, Jericho)

|

|

|-

| כרמל

| krml

| Carmel [of Judah]

| {{Strong-number|H3760|H|3760}}

| Joshua 15:55

| 7

| Judah (important cities: Gibeah, Timnah)

| ? Khirbet el-Kirmil{{rp|433}} {{Coord|31|25|21|N|35|07|52|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|433}}

|

|-

| כרמל

| krml

| Carmel [of Asher]

| {{Strong-number|H3760|H|3760}}

| Joshua 19:26

| 1

| Asher

|

| possibly only a mountain and not a city

|-

| כתליש

| ktlyš

| Kithlish

| {{Strong-number|H3798|H|3798}}

| Joshua 15:40

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Lachish, Eglon, Makkedah)

|

|

|-

| לבאות

| lbʾwt

| Lebaoth

| {{Strong-number|H3822|H|3822}}

| Joshua 15:32

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag; listed after Hormah, Ziklag and before Ain, Rimmon)

|

| = Beth-Lebaoth (H1034, Simeon's) ?

|-

| לבנה

| lbnh

| Libnah

| {{Strong-number|H3841|H|3841}}

| Joshua 10:29.31-32.39; 12:15; 15:42; 21:13

| 16 or 15

| Judah (important cities: Libnah, Keilah, Achzib, Maresha; a levitical city; not far from Makkedah and Lachish)

| ? Tell Zeita{{cite book

|last1= Tappy |first1= Ron E.

|chapter= Tel Zayit and the Tel Zayit Abecedary in Their Regional Context

|chapter-url= https://www.academia.edu/9205888

|chapter-format= PDF

|editor1-last= Tappy|editor1-first= Ron E.|editor2-last= McCarter|editor2-first= P. Kyle Jr

|title= Literate Culture and Tenth-Century Canaan: The Tel Zayit Abecedary in Context

|access-date= 2018-05-28

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180528085436/https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/35485162/Literate_Culture_and_Tenth-Cent_Canaan.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1527498547&Signature=dmk%2B7TbIvalDcuSwlqw99aOGuxQ%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DTel_Zayit_and_the_Tel_Zayit_Abecedary_in.pdf

|archive-date= 2018-05-28

|publisher= Eisenbrauns

|date= 2008

|pages= 11, 37|isbn= 9781575061504

}}{{cite book

|last1= Shai |first1= Itzhaq

|chapter= Tel Burna: A Judahite Fortified Town in the Shephelah

|chapter-url= https://telburna.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/shai_iron-age-burna_2017.pdf

|editor1-last= Lipschits |editor1-first= Oded |editor2-last= Maeir |editor2-first= Aren M.

|title= The Shephelah during the Iron Age: Recent Archaeological Studies

|access-date= 2018-05-28

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180528094108/https://telburna.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/shai_iron-age-burna_2017.pdf

|archive-date= 2018-05-28

|publisher= Eisenbrauns

|date= 2017

|isbn= 9781575064871}}{{rp|45–6}} (near Gal On) {{Coord|31|37|45|N|34|49|49|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Tell Burnat{{rp|45–6, 55–6}} (near Beit Nir) {{Coord|31|37|47|N|34|52|24|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| לוזה

| lwzh

| Luz

| {{Strong-number|H3870|H|3870}}

| Joshua 16:2; 18:13

| 7

| Benjamin (southern border of Ephraim's territory and northern border of Benjamin's territory between Beth-Aven and Ataroth-Adar; the former name of Bethel and, possibly, a twin city of Bethel)

| see Bethel (H1008)

| = Bethel (H1008)

|-

| לחמס

| lḥms

| Lahmas

| {{Strong-number|H3903|H|3903}}

| Joshua 15:40

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Lachish, Eglon, Makkedah)

|

|

|-

| לכיש

| lkyš

| Lachish

| {{Strong-number|H3923|H|3923}}

| Joshua 10:3.5.23.31-35; 12:11; 15:39

| 24

| Judah (important cities: Lachish, Eglon, Makkedah; one of the cities in the Jerusalem coalition: Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, Eglon; not far from Libnah, Gezer and Eglon)

| ? Tell ed-Duweir{{cite journal

|last1= Davies

|first1= Graham I.

|year= 1982

|title= Tell Ed-Duweir = Ancient Lachish: A Response to G. W. Ahlström

|journal= Palestine Exploration Quarterly

|volume= 114

|issue= 1

|pages= 25–28

|doi= 10.1179/peq.1982.114.1.25

}} (near Lakhish) {{Coord|31|33|55|N|34|50|55|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Tell Eitun/ Eiton {{Coord|31|29|20|N|34|55|42|E|type:city|display=inline}}; formerly identified with Tell el-Hesi (near Shalva) {{Coord|31|32|51|N|34|43|49|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| לקום

| lqwm

| Lakkum

| {{Strong-number|H3946|H|3946}}

| Joshua 19:33

| 1

| Naphtali (not far from the Jordan river)

|

|

|-

| לשם

| lšm

| Leshem

| {{Strong-number|H3959|H|3959}}

| Joshua 19:47

| 2

| Dan (within Naphtali's territory?)

| see Dan (H1835)

| = Dan (H1835)

|-

| מגדו

| mgdw

| Megiddo

| {{Strong-number|H4023|H|4023}}

| Joshua 12:21; 17:11

| 12

| Manasseh (west of Jordan, among Issachar and Asher)

| Tell al Mutesellim, just north of kibbutz Megiddo {{Coord|32|35|08|N|35|11|04|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|394–5}}

|

|-

| מגדלאל

| mgdlʾl

| Migdal-El

| {{Strong-number|H4027|H|4027}}

| Joshua 19:38

| 1

| Naphtali (a fortified city)

|

|

|-

| מגדלגד

| mgdlgd

| Migdal-Gad

| {{Strong-number|H4028|H|4028}}

| Joshua 15:37

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Lachish, Eglon, Makkedah)

| Tell el-Hesi{{cite journal |title=Biblical Geography in Southwestern Judah |journal=Near Eastern Archaeology |last1=Hardin |first1=James |url=https://www.academia.edu/1429345 |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=20–35 |last2=Rollston |first2=Christopher A. |last3=Blakely |first3=Jeffrey A. |year=2012 |doi=10.5615/neareastarch.75.1.0020 |issn=1094-2076}} {{Coord|31|32|52|N|34|43|49|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| מדון

| mdwn

| Madon

| {{Strong-number|H4068|H|4068}}

| Joshua 11:1; 12:19

| 2

| ? (not very far from Hazor of Naphtali, Shimrom of Zebulun and Achshaph of Asher)

|

|

|-

| מדין

| mdyn

| Middin

| {{Strong-number|H4081|H|4081}}

| Joshua 15:61

| 1

| Judah ("in the wilderness"; important cities: En-Gedi)

|

|

|-

| מדמנה

| mdmnh

| Madmannah, Madmen

| {{Strong-number|H4086|H|4086}}

| Joshua 15:31

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag; listed between Hormah, Ziklag and Sansannah, Lebaoth)

|

| = Beth-Marcaboth (H1024, Simeon's) ?

|-

| מולדה

| mwldh

| Moladah

| {{Strong-number|H4137|H|4137}}

| Joshua 15:26; 19:2

| 4

| Simeon within Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

|

|-

| מפעת, מיפעת

| mpʿt, mypʿt

| Mephaath

| {{Strong-number|H4158|H|4158}}

| Joshua 13:18; 21:37

| 4

| Reuben (east of Jordan; a levitical city)

| Umm ar-Rasas{{rp|669}} {{Coord|31|30|2.83|N|35|55|12.95|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| מחנים

| mḥnym

| Mahanaim

| {{Strong-number|H4266|H|4266}}

| Joshua 13:26.30; 21:38

| 13

| Gad (east of Jordan; border between Gad and Manasseh; a levitical city)

| ? Tell/Tullul edh-Dhahab el-Gharbi{{rp|146–8}}{{cite encyclopedia

|last1= Mounce |first1= William D. |author-link= William D. Mounce

|editor-last= Bromiley|editor-first= Geoffrey W.|editor-link= Geoffrey W. Bromiley

|encyclopedia= The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

|title= Mahanaim

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Zkla5Gl_66oC&pg=PA222

|access-date= 2018-05-29

|year= 1995

|publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

|isbn= 9780802837851

|pages= 222–3 |url-access=limited}} {{Coord|32|11|09|N|35|41|12|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite map

|author1-last = Smith

|author1-first = George Adam

|author1-link = George Adam Smith

|author2-last = Bartholomew

|author2-first = John George

|author2-link = John George Bartholomew

|title = Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land

|map = Section VI. South Gilead and Ammon

|map-url = https://archive.org/stream/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand-smith#page/n66/mode/1up

|year = 1915

|url = https://archive.org/details/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand

|scale = 1:253440

|publisher = Hodder & Stoughton

|pages = 25–6

|section = D2

}} Tell Hajjaj{{rp|146–8}} {{Coord|32|08|58|N|35|41|31|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|311}}{{rp|139}}; Khirbet Mahneh{{rp|146}} {{Coord|32|21|48|N|35|45|16|E|type:city|display=inline}}?; Tell er-Ruheil, Tall Rehil{{rp|146}} {{Coord|32|11|18|N|35|48|27|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{rp|453}} Khirbet Saleikhat, Maqbarat es Sleikhat{{Coord|32|19|53|N|35|35|54|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{rp|386}} 'Ajlun {{Coord|32|19|45|N|35|45|15|E|type:city|display=inline}}?

|

|-

| מידבא

| mydbʾ

| Medeba

| {{Strong-number|H4311|H|4311}}

| Joshua 13:9.16

| 5

| Reuben (east of Jordan)

| Madaba {{coord|31|43|N|35|48|E|region:JO|display=inline}}

|

|-

| מי הירקון

| my (h)yrqwn

| Me-Jarkon, Me-Ha-Jarkon

| {{Strong-number|H4313|H|4313}}

| Joshua 19:46

| 1

| Dan

| ? Tell Qasīle; Tell Gerise; Nahr el-Baride;{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Mass – Midnight |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2020 |isbn=978-3-11-031335-2 |pages=481–482 |editor-last=Furey |editor-first=Constance M. |volume=18 |chapter=Me-Jarkon |editor-last2=Matz |editor-first2=Brian |editor-last3=McKenzie |editor-first3=Stephen L. |editor-last4=Römer |editor-first4=Thomas |editor-last5=Schröter |editor-first5=Jens |editor-last6=Dov Walfish |editor-first6=Barry |editor-last7=Ziolkowski |editor-first7=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/94878/94878.pdf}}

| Possibly not a city, but a river known as Nahr el-'Ōğā

|-

| מכמתת, המכמתת

| (h)mkmtt

| Michmethah, Ha-Michmethah [of Ephraim]

| {{Strong-number|H4366|H|4366}}

| Joshua 16:6

| 1?

| Ephraim (Ephraim's eastern border, between the upper Beth-Horon and Taanath-Shiloh)

| ? Khirbet Ibn Naşer; Khirbet Kafr Beta; Jebel el-Tuwanik{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Mass – Midnight |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2020 |isbn=978-3-11-031335-2 |pages=1172–1173 |editor-last=Furey |editor-first=Constance M. |volume=18 |chapter=Michmethath |editor-last2=Matz |editor-first2=Brian |editor-last3=McKenzie |editor-first3=Stephen L. |editor-last4=Römer |editor-first4=Thomas |editor-last5=Schröter |editor-first5=Jens |editor-last6=Dov Walfish |editor-first6=Barry |editor-last7=Ziolkowski |editor-first7=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/94884/94884.pdf}}

| = Michmethah [of Manasseh] (H0836) ?

|-

| מכמתת, המכמתת

| (h)mkmtt

| Michmethah, Ha-Michmethah [of Manasseh]

| {{Strong-number|H4366|H|4366}}

| Joshua 17:7

| 1?

| Manasseh (not far from Shechem, not far from Ephraim's border)

| see Michmethah [of Ephraim] (H0836)

| = Michmethah [of Ephraim] (H0836) ?

|-

| מעון

| mʿwn

| Maon

| {{Strong-number|H4584|H|4584}}

| Joshua 15:55

| 5?

| Judah (important cities: Gibeah, Timnah)

| Khirbet Ma'in (Tell Maon){{cite book

|year= 2001

|orig-year= 1972

|author1-last= Negev |author1-first= Avraham

|author2-last= Gibson |author2-first= Shimon

|title= Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land

|location= New York, London

|publisher= The Continuum Publishing Group

|isbn= 9780826485717

|page= 313}}

{{cite book

|year= 1977

|author1-last= Avi-Yonah |author1-first= Michael

|author2-last= Stern |author2-first= Ephraim

|title= Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Vol III

|location= Englewood Cliffs N.J.

|publisher= Prentice Hall

|isbn= 0132751313

|page= 779}} (3 km west of moshav Maon) {{coord|31|24|34|N|35|08|02|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| מעלה עקרבים

| mʿlh ʿqrbym

| Maaleh-Acrabbim

| {{Strong-number|H4610|H|4610}}

| Joshua 15:3

| 3

| Judah (southern border, a place between Kadesh-Barnea and the Dead Sea)

|

| a mountain?

|-

| מערה

| mʿrh

| Mearah

| {{Strong-number|H4632|H|4632}}

| Joshua 13:4

| 1

| Asher ? (beside Sidon)

| ? Muġar Jezzin;{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Mass – Midnight |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2020 |isbn=978-3-11-031335-2 |pages=248–249 |editor-last=Furey |editor-first=Constance M. |volume=18 |chapter=Mearah |editor-last2=Matz |editor-first2=Brian |editor-last3=McKenzie |editor-first3=Stephen L. |editor-last4=Römer |editor-first4=Thomas |editor-last5=Schröter |editor-first5=Jens |editor-last6=Dov Walfish |editor-first6=Barry |editor-last7=Ziolkowski |editor-first7=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/94880/94880.pdf}} Ḫirbet 'Āra

|

|-

| מערת

| mʿrt

| Maarath

| {{Strong-number|H4638|H|4638}}

| Joshua 15:59

| 1

| Judah (no important cities)

|

|

|-

| מצה, המצה

| (h)mṣh

| Mozah, Ha-Mozah

| {{Strong-number|H4681|H|4681}}

| Joshua 18:26

| 1

| Benjamin (group B; important cities: Gibeon, Ramah, Mizpeh, Jerusalem)

| Tel Mozah within the village area of modern Motza {{Coord|31.794452|N|35.163778|E|display=title}}

|

|-

| מצפה, המצפה

| (h)mṣph

| Mizpeh, Ha-Mizpeh [of Judah]

| {{Strong-number|H4708|H|4708}}

| Joshua 15:38

| 1??

| Judah (important cities: Lachish, Eglon, Makkedah)

|

| = Mizpeh [of Benjamin] (H4708) ?

|-

| מצפה, המצפה

| (h)mṣph

| Mizpeh, Ha-Mizpeh [of Benjamin]

| {{Strong-number|H4708|H|4708}}

| Joshua 18:26

| 1??

| Benjamin (group B; important cities: Gibeon, Ramah, Mizpeh, Jerusalem)

| Tell en-Nasbeh {{coord|31|53|07|N|35|12|59|E|display=inline}}

| = Mizpeh [of Judah] (H4708) ?

|-

| מצפה, המצפה

| (h)mṣph

| Mizpeh, Ha-Mizpeh [of Manasseh?, Naphtali?]

| {{Strong-number|H4709|H|4709}}

| Joshua 11:3.8

| 2??

| Manasseh?, Naphtali? (under Mount Hermon)

|

| Possibly not a city

|-

| מקדה

| mqdh

| Makkedah

| {{Strong-number|H4719|H|4719}}

| Joshua 10:10.16-17.21.28-29; 12:16; 15:41

| 9

| Judah (important cities: Lachish, Eglon, Makkedah; not far from Libnah)

| ? Khirbet el-Kôm/ Qom{{cite journal

|last1= Dorsey

|first1= David A.

|year= 1980

|title= The Location of Biblical Makkedah

|journal= Tel Aviv: Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University

|volume= 7

|issue= 3–4

|pages= 185–193

|doi= 10.1179/033443580788441008

}}{{cite book

|last1= Lemaire |first1= André |author-link1= André Lemaire

|chapter= New Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea and Their Historical Interpretation

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1zi2i_C1aNkC&pg=PA413

|editor1-last= Lipschitz |editor1-first= Oded |editor1-link= Oded Lipschits

|editor2-last= Oeming |editor2-first= Manfred

|title= Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1zi2i_C1aNkC |url-access= limited

|publisher= Eisenbrauns

|date= 2006

|page= 413

|isbn= 9781575061047

}} at al-Kum {{Coord|31|31|57|N|34|57|46|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite book

|last1= Hadley |first1= Judith M.

|title= The Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah: Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=teiYbFCsZWAC&pg=PA84

|url-access= limited

|series= University of Cambridge Oriental Publications

|volume= 57

|publisher= Cambridge University Press

|date= 2000

|page= 84

|isbn= 9780521662352

}} Mughar {{Coord|31|50|23|N|34|46|58|E|type:city|display=inline}}?; Deir edh/ed-Dhibban {{Coord|31|40|23|N|34|53|33|E|type:city|display=inline}}?; Tell es-Safi {{Coord|31|41|59|N|34|50|49|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Khirbet el-Kheishum {{Coord|31|43|43|N|34|57|13|E|type:city|display=inline}}?; Tell Bornat/ Burnat {{Coord|31|37|47|N|34|52|24|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Khirbet Beit Maqdum {{Coord|31|31|40|N|34|58|04|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Qal'at el-Muwaqdah {{Coord|31|55|29|N|35|00|33|E|type:city|display=inline}}?

|

|-

| מראשה

| mrʾšh

| Mareshah

| {{Strong-number|H4762|H|4762}}

| Joshua 15:44

| 6

| Judah (important cities: Libnah, Keilah, Achzib, Maresha)

| Tell Sandahanna{{cite book

|year= 2010

|author1-last= Kloner

|author1-first= Amos

|author1-link= Amos Kloner

|author2-last= Eshel

|author2-first= Esther

|author3-last= Korzakova

|author3-first= Hava B.

|author4-last= Finkielsztejn

|author4-first= Gerald

|chapter= The Site and the Epigraphic Finds

|title= Maresha Excavations Final Report III: Epigraphic Finds from the 1989-2000 Seasons

|series= Israel Antiquities Authority Reports

|volume= 45

|location= Jerusalem

|publisher= Israel Antiquities Authority

|page= 1

|doi= 10.2307/j.ctt1fzhd1t

|jstor= j.ctt1fzhd1t

|isbn= 9789654062350

}} {{Coord|31|35|34|N|34|53|54|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{cite journal

|author1-last= Oren

|author1-first= Eliezer D.

|author2-last= Rappaport

|author2-first= Uriel

|author2-link=Uriel Rappaport

|year= 1984

|title= The Necropolis of Maresha–Beth Govrin

|journal= Israel Exploration Journal

|volume= 34

|number= 2/3

|pages= 114–153

|jstor= 27925934

}}

|

|-

| מרעלה

| mrʿlh

| Maralah

| {{Strong-number|H4831|H|4831}}

| Joshua 19:11

| 1

| Zebulun (Zebulun's border, between Sarid and Dabbasheth, Jokneam)

| ? Tell Ġalṭa;{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Lotus – Masrekah |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2019 |isbn=978-3-11-031334-5 |pages=867–868 |editor-last=Helmer |editor-first=Christine |volume=17 |chapter=Maralah/Mareal |editor-last2=McKenzie |editor-first2=Stephen L. |editor-last3=Römer |editor-first3=Thomas |editor-last4=Schröter |editor-first4=Jens |editor-last5=Dov Walfish |editor-first5=Barry |editor-last6=Ziolkowski |editor-first6=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/94873/94873.pdf}} Tell Ṯōra; Tell eš-Šemmān; Tell el-Bēḍa

|

|-

| משאל

| mšʾl

| Misheal, Mishal

| {{Strong-number|H4861|H|4861}}

| Joshua 19:26; 21:30

| 2

| Asher (not far from Carmel; a levitical city)

| ? Tell en-Naḥl; Tell Kēsān{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Midrash and Aggada – Mourning |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2021 |isbn=978-3-11-031336-9 |pages=375–376 |editor-last=Furey |editor-first=Constance M. |volume=19 |chapter=Mishal |editor-last2=LeMon |editor-first2=Joel |editor-last3=Matz |editor-first3=Brian |editor-last4=McKenzie |editor-first4=Stephen L. |editor-last5=Römer |editor-first5=Thomas |editor-last6=Schröter |editor-first6=Jens |editor-last7=Dov Walfish |editor-first7=Barry |editor-last8=Ziolkowski |editor-first8=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/94961/94961.pdf}}

|

|-

| משרפת מים

| mšrpt mym

| Misrephoth-Maim

| {{Strong-number|H4956|H|4956}}

| Joshua 11:8; 13:6

| 2

| Asher ? (not far from Sidon)

|

|

|-

| נבשן

| (h)nbšn

| Nibshan, Ha-Nibshan

| {{Strong-number|H5044|H|5044}}

| Joshua 15:62

| 1

| Judah ("in the wilderness"; important cities: En-Gedi)

| ? Khirbet el-Maqāri;{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Negative Theology – Offspring |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2023 |isbn=978-3-11-062827-2 |page=391 |editor-last=Furey |editor-first=Constance M. |volume=21 |chapter=Nibshan |editor-last2=LeMon |editor-first2=Joel |editor-last3=Matz |editor-first3=Brian |editor-last4=Römer |editor-first4=Thomas |editor-last5=Schröter |editor-first5=Jens |editor-last6=Dov Walfish |editor-first6=Barry |editor-last7=Ziolkowski |editor-first7=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/104385/104385.pdf}} Ēn el-Ġuwēr; Ēn et-Turābe

|

|-

| נהלל

| nhll

| Nahallal, Nahalal

| {{Strong-number|H5096|H|5096}}

| Joshua 19:15; 21:35

| 3

| Zebulun (a levitical city)

| ? Tell en-Nahl; Tell el-Beida; Ma'lul{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Mouse, Mice – Nefesh |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2022 |isbn=978-3-11-062827-2 |pages=564–565 |editor-last=Furey |editor-first=Constance M. |volume=20 |chapter=Nahalal |editor-last2=LeMon |editor-first2=Joel |editor-last3=Matz |editor-first3=Brian |editor-last4=McKenzie |editor-first4=Stephen L. |editor-last5=Römer |editor-first5=Thomas |editor-last6=Schröter |editor-first6=Jens |editor-last7=Dov Walfish |editor-first7=Barry |editor-last8=Ziolkowski |editor-first8=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/95788/95788.pdf}}

|

|-

| נעה, הנעה

| (h)nʿh

| Neah, Ha-Neah

| {{Strong-number|H5269|H|5269}}

| Joshua 19:13

| 1

| Zebulun (Zabulun's eastern? border)

| ? Tell el-Wāwiyāt; Tell el-Buṭme;{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Mouse, Mice – Nefesh |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2022 |isbn=978-3-11-062827-2 |pages=1141–1142 |editor-last=Furey |editor-first=Constance M. |volume=20 |chapter=Neah |editor-last2=LeMon |editor-first2=Joel |editor-last3=Matz |editor-first3=Brian |editor-last4=McKenzie |editor-first4=Stephen L. |editor-last5=Römer |editor-first5=Thomas |editor-last6=Schröter |editor-first6=Jens |editor-last7=Dov Walfish |editor-first7=Barry |editor-last8=Ziolkowski |editor-first8=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/95789/95789.pdf}} Sahl el-Baṭṭōf{{rp|431}}

|

|-

| נעיאל

| nʿyʾl

| Neiel

| {{Strong-number|H5272|H|5272}}

| Joshua 19:27

| 1

| Asher (between the valley of Jipthah-El and Cabul)

| Khirbet Ya'nīn;{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Negative Theology – Offspring |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2023 |isbn=978-3-11-062827-2 |pages=76–77 |editor-last=Furey |editor-first=Constance M. |volume=21 |chapter=Neiel |editor-last2=LeMon |editor-first2=Joel |editor-last3=Matz |editor-first3=Brian |editor-last4=Römer |editor-first4=Thomas |editor-last5=Schröter |editor-first5=Jens |editor-last6=Dov Walfish |editor-first6=Barry |editor-last7=Ziolkowski |editor-first7=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/104377/104377.pdf}} formerly identified with Tamra

|

|-

| נעמה

| nʿmh

| Naamah

| {{Strong-number|H5279|H|5279}}

| Joshua 15:41

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Lachish, Eglon, Makkedah)

| ? Tel beside kibbutz Na'anCarta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.343, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}}.

|

|-

| נערתה

| nʿrth

| Naarath

| {{Strong-number|H5292|H|5292}}

| Joshua 16:7

| 1

| Ephraim (Ephraim's eastern border, not far from Jericho)

| Khirbet Auja el-Foqa{{cite book |title=The Manasseh Hill Country Survey Volume 7: The South-Eastern Samaria Shoulder, from Wadi Rashash to Wadi 'Aujah |last1=Bar |first1=Shay |publisher=BRILL |year=2022 |isbn=978-90-04-51304-4 |page=68 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sJlcEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA68 |last2=Zertal |first2=Adam}}

|

|-

| נציב

| nṣyb

| Nezib

| {{Strong-number|H5334|H|5334}}

| Joshua 15:43

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Libnah, Keilah, Achzib, Maresha)

| Khirbet Bēt Neṣīb eš-Šerqīye{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Negative Theology – Offspring |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2023 |isbn=978-3-11-062827-2 |page=387 |editor-last=Furey |editor-first=Constance M. |volume=21 |chapter=Nezib |editor-last2=LeMon |editor-first2=Joel |editor-last3=Matz |editor-first3=Brian |editor-last4=Römer |editor-first4=Thomas |editor-last5=Schröter |editor-first5=Jens |editor-last6=Dov Walfish |editor-first6=Barry |editor-last7=Ziolkowski |editor-first7=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/104384/104384.pdf}}

|

|-

| נקב, הנקב

| (h)nqb

| Nekeb, Ha-Nekeb

| {{Strong-number|H5346|H|5346}}

| Joshua 19:33

| 1

| Naphtali

|

|

|-

| סכות

| skwt

| Succoth

| {{Strong-number|H5523|H|5523}}

| Joshua 13:27

| 14 or 13

| Gad (east of Jordan)

| ? Deir Alla{{cite journal

|last1= Albright

|first1= William F.

|author-link1= William F. Albright

|year= 1926

|title= The Jordan Valley in the Bronze Age

|journal= The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research

|volume= 6

|pages= 13–74

|jstor= 3768510

|doi= 10.2307/3768510

}}{{rp|46}} {{Coord|32|11|48|N|35|37|15|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| סככה

| skkh

| Secacah

| {{Strong-number|H5527|H|5527}}

| Joshua 15:61

| 1

| Judah ("in the wilderness"; important cities: En-Gedi)

|

|

|-

| סלכה

| slkh

| Salcah

| {{Strong-number|H5548|H|5548}}

| Joshua 12:5; 13:11

| 4

| ? Manasseh? (east of Jordan; former territory of Og, king of Bashan)

| ? Salkhad{{rp|152}} {{Coord|32|29|30|N|36|42|40|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| סנסנה

| snsnh

| Sansannah

| {{Strong-number|H5578|H|5578}}

| Joshua 15:31

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag; listed between Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah and Lebaoth)

|

| = Hazar-Susah (H2701, Simeon's) ?

|-

| עבדון

| ʿbdwn

| Abdon

| {{Strong-number|H5658|H|5658}}

| Joshua 21:30

| 2

| Asher (a levitical city)

| Khirbet ʿAbdeh{{rp|33}}

|

|-

| עברן

| ʿbrn

| Hebron, Ebron

| {{Strong-number|H5683|H|5683}}

| Joshua 19:28

| 1

| Asher (northern border?)

|

| = Abdon (H5658) ?

|-

| עגלון

| ʿglwn

| Eglon

| {{Strong-number|H5700|H|5700}}

| Joshua 10:3.5.23.34.36-37; 12:12; 15:39

| 8

| Judah (important cities: Lachish, Eglon, Makkedah; one of the cities in the Jerusalem coalition: Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, Eglon; not far from Lachish and Hebron)

| ? Tel Eiton/ Eitun Aaton/ Eton/ Aitun{{cite book

|year= 2011

|author1-last= Bekkum

|author1-first= Koert van

|title= From Conquest to Coexistence: Ideology and Antiquarian Intent in the Historiography of Israel's Settlement in Canaan

|series= Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

|volume= 45

|publisher= BRILL

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=22dryV7nAGsC&pg=PA158

|page= 158

|url-access= limited

|access-date= 2018-06-07

|isbn= 9789004194809

}} {{Coord|31|29|20|N|34|55|42|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Tel Hasi, Tell el-Hesi (near Tel Ajlan) {{Coord|31|32|01|N|34|43|50|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Tel Beit Mirsim {{Coord|31|27|20|N|34|54|39|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|251}}

|

|-

| עדיתים

| ʿdytym

| Adithaim

| {{Strong-number|H5723|H|5723}}

| Joshua 15:36

| 1

| Judah ("in the valley"; important cities: Eshtaol, Zoreah, Engannim, Tappuah, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh 1, Azekah)

|

|

|-

| עדלם

| ʿdlm

| Adullam

| {{Strong-number|H5725|H|5725}}

| Joshua 12:15; 15:35

| 8

| Judah ("in the valley"; important cities: Eshtaol, Zoreah, Engannim, Tappuah, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh 1, Azekah)

| ? Khirbet Sheik Madkur/ Madkhur, Khurbet esh-Sheikh Madkour, ʿAīd el Mâ, `Eîd el Mieh{{rp|484}}{{cite journal

|author1-last= Clermont-Ganneau

|author1-first= Charles

|author1-link= Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau

|year= 1875

|title= The Site of the City of Adullam

|url= https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/pefqs/1875-03_168.pdf

|access-date= 2018-06-07

|journal= Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement

|volume= 7

|issue= 3

|pages= 168–177

|doi= 10.1179/peq.1875.016

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150329155838/https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/pefqs/1875-03_168.pdf

|archive-date= 2015-03-29

}} {{Coord|31|38|59|N|35|00|09|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|484}}

|

|-

| עדעדה

| ʿdʿdh

| Adadah

| {{Strong-number|H5735|H|5735}}

| Joshua 15:22

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

|

|-

| עדר

| ʿdr

| Eder

| {{Strong-number|H5740|H|5740}}

| Joshua 15:21

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

|

|-

| עוים

| ʿwym

| Avites

| {{Strong-number|H5757|H|5757}}

| Joshua 13:3

| 3

| Judah ? (Philistia)

|

| Inhabitants of Ivvah/Avva (H5755) or Avim (H5761)

|-

| עוים

| (h)ʿwym

| Avim, Ha-Avim

| {{Strong-number|H5761|H|5761}}

| Joshua 18:23

| 1

| Benjamin (group A; important cities: Bethel, Jericho)

|

|

|-

| עזה

| ʿzh

| Gaza, Azzah

| {{Strong-number|H5804|H|5804}}

| Joshua 10:41; 11:22; 15:47

| 21 [23]

| Judah (by the sea; important cities: Ekron, Ashdod, Gaza)

| ? Tell Harube, Tell 'Azza/Gaza{{cite thesis |type=PhD |last1=Kennedy |first1=Titus Michael |date=2013 | title=A Demographic Analysis of Late Bronze Age Canaan: Ancient Population. Estimates and Insights through Archaeology |publisher=University of South Africa |hdl=10500/13257 }}{{rp|300–301}}{{cite book

|year= 1998

|author1-last= Hasel |author1-first= Michael G.

|title= Domination and Resistance: Egyptian Military Activity in the Southern Levant, Ca. 1300-1185 B.C.

|publisher= BRILL

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=cwHL6yzrqLgC&pg=PA137

|url-access= limited

|access-date= 2018-06-13

|page= 137

|isbn= 9789004109841

}}

(in Gaza City) {{Coord|31|30|21|N|34|27|39|E|type:city|display=inline}}; formerly identified with Tall al-Ajjul {{Coord|31|28|04|N|34|24|16|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| עזקה

| ʿzqh

| Azekah

| {{Strong-number|H5825|H|5825}}

| Joshua 10:10-11; 15:35

| 7

| Judah ("in the valley"; important cities: Eshtaol, Zoreah, Engannim, Tappuah, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh 1, Azekah)

| Tell Zakariya/ Zakariyeh{{cite book

|author1-last= Napchan-Lavon |author1-first= Sharon

|author2-last= Gadot |author2-first= Yuval

|author3-last= Lipschits |author3-first= Oded |author3-link= Oded Lipschits

|chapter= Bliss and Macalister's Excavations at Tell Zakariya (Tel Azekah) in Light of Published and Previously Unpublished Material

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sTYrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA74

|editor1-last= Wolff |editor1-first= Samuel R.

|title= Villain or Visionary?: R. A. S. Macalister and the Archaeology of Palestine

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sTYrDwAAQBAJ

|url-access= limited

|series= The Palestine Exploration Fund Annual

|volume= 12

|publisher= Routledge

|year= 2015

|publication-date= 2017

|isbn= 9781351537704

}}{{rp|74–5}} {{Coord|31|42|02|N|34|56|10|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|75}}

|

|-

| עזתי

| ʿzty

| Gazathite

| {{Strong-number|H5841|H|5841}}

| Joshua 13:3

| 2

| Judah

| see Gaza (H5804)

| An inhabitant of Gaza (H5804)

|-

| עטרות

| ʿṭrwt

| Ataroth [of Ephraim 2]

| {{Strong-number|H5852|H|5852}}

| Joshua 16:7

| 1

| Ephraim (Ephraim's eastern border, between Taanath-Shiloh, Janohah and Jericho)

|

| = Ataroth [of Ephraim 1] (H5852) ?, = Ataroth-Addar (H5853) ?

|-

| עטרות

| ʿṭrwt

| Ataroth [of Ephraim 1]

| {{Strong-number|H5852|H|5852}}

| Joshua 16:2

| 1

| Ephraim (southern border, between Bethel and the lower Beth-Horon)

| ? 'Atara {{coord|32|00|09|N|35|12|23|E|display=inline}}

| = Ataroth [of Ephraim 2] (H5852) ?, = Ataroth-Addar (H5853) ?

|-

| עטרות אדר

| ʿṭrwt ʾdr

| Ataroth-Addar

| {{Strong-number|H5853|H|5853}}

| Joshua 16:5; 18:13

| 2

| Ephraim?, Benjamin? (Ephraim's eastern border, not far from the upper Beth-Horon; northern border of Benjamin's territory between Luz-Bethel and the lower Beth-Choron)

|

|

|-

| עי, העי

| (h)ʿy

| Ai, Ha-Ai

| {{Strong-number|H5857|H|5857}}

| Joshua 7:2-5; 8:1-3.9-12.14.17-18.20-21.23-26.28-29; 9:3; 10:1-2; 12:9

| 38 or 36

| Benjamin? (beside Bethel; a small town near Beth-Aven, to the east of Bethel)

| ? Et-Tell (near Deir Dibwan) {{Coord|31|55|00|N|35|15|41|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Khirbet el-Maqatir{{rp|384}}{{rp|230}} (between Deir Dibwan and Beitin) {{Coord|31|54|55|N|35|14|59|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Khirbet Haiyan{{cite journal

|last1= Callaway

|first1= Joseph A.

|last2= Nicol

|first2= Murray B.

|year= 1966

|title= A Sounding at Khirbet Ḥaiyân

|journal= Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research

|volume= 183

|number= 183

|pages= 12–19

|jstor= 1356456

|doi= 10.2307/1356456

|s2cid= 163761158

}} {{Coord|31|54|18|N|35|16|17|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Khirbet Nisya/Nisieh{{cite thesis |type=PhD |last1=Livingston |first1=David Palmer |date=1989 | title=Khirbet Nisya 1979-1986: a Report on Six Seasons of Excavation |publisher=Andrews University |url=https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations/85/ |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526204618/https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1084&context=dissertations |archive-date=2018-05-26}} (near Psagot) {{Coord|31|53|48|N|35|13|45|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|23}}

|

|-

| עיים

| ʿyym

| Iim

| {{Strong-number|H5864|H|5864}}

| Joshua 15:29

| 2 or 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

|

|-

| עין

| ʿyn

| Ain

| {{Strong-number|H5871|H|5871}}

| Joshua 15:32; 19:7; 21:16

| 4

| Simeon within Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag; a levitical city)

|

|

|-

| עין גדי

| ʿyn gdy

| En-Gedi

| {{Strong-number|H5872|H|5872}}

| Joshua 15:62

| 6

| Judah ("in the wilderness"; important cities: En-Gedi)

| ? Tell el-Jurn, Tel Goren{{cite journal

|author1-last= Mazar |author1-first= Benjamin |author1-link= Benjamin Mazar

|author2-last= Dunayevsky |author2-first= Immanuel

|year= 1964

|title= En-Gedi: Third Season of Excavations: Preliminary Report

|journal= Israel Exploration Journal

|volume= 14

|number= 3

|pages= 121–130

|jstor= 27924977

}} {{Coord|31|27|54|N|35|23|21|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{cite encyclopedia

|last1= Marrs |first1= Rick R.

|editor1-last= Freedman |editor1-first= David Noel

|editor2-last= Myers |editor2-first= Allen C.

|encyclopedia= Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

|title= Balm

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qRtUqxkB7wkC&pg=PA145

|access-date= 2018-06-15

|year= 2000

|publisher= Amsterdam University Press

|isbn= 9789053565032

|page= 145

|url-access= limited

}}

|

|-

| עין גנים

| ʿyn gnym

| En-Gannim [of Judah]

| {{Strong-number|H5873|H|5873}}

| Joshua 15:34

| 1

| Judah ("in the valley"; important cities: Eshtaol, Zoreah, Engannim, Tappuah, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh 1, Azekah)

|

|

|-

| עין גנים

| ʿyn gnym

| En-Gannim [of Issachar]

| {{Strong-number|H5873|H|5873}}

| Joshua 19:21; 21:29

| 2

| Issachar (a levitical city)

|

|

|-

| עין דר

| ʿyndr

| Endor

| {{Strong-number|H5874|H|5874}}

| Joshua 17:11

| 3

| Manasseh (west of Jordan, among Issachar and Asher)

| ? Tell 'el-'gul;{{cite book |title=Die Septuaginta - Themen, Manuskripte, Wirkungen: 7. Internationale Fachtagung veranstaltet von Septuaginta Deutsch (LXX.D), Wuppertal 19.-22. Juli 2018. |last=van der Meer |first=Michaël N. |publisher=Mohr Siebeck |year=2020 |isbn=978-3-16-157715-4 |pages=515–543 |editor-last=Bons |editor-first=Eberhard |chapter=Manasseh in Maps and Manuscripts: Historical Geography of West-Manasseh and Textual Criticism of LXX-Joshu 17:1-2, 7-13 |editor-last2=Geiger |editor-first2=Michaela |editor-last3=Ueberschaer |editor-first3=Frank |editor-last4=Sigismund |editor-first4=Marcus |editor-last5=Meiser |editor-first5=Martin |chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/44078579}}{{rp|19}} Hirbet Safsafe{{rp|19}}

|

|-

| עין חדה

| ʿyn ḥdh

| En-Haddah

| {{Strong-number|H5876|H|5876}}

| Joshua 19:21

| 1

| Issachar

|

|

|-

| עין חצור

| ʿyn ḥṣwr

| En-Hazor

| {{Strong-number|H5877|H|5877}}

| Joshua 19:37

| 1

| Naphtali (a fortified city)

|

|

|-

| עינם, העינם

| (h)ʿynm

| Enam, Ha-Enam, Enaim

| {{Strong-number|H5879|H|5879}}

| Joshua 15:34

| 2

| Judah ("in the valley"; important cities: Eshtaol, Zoreah, Engannim, Tappuah, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh 1, Azekah)

|

|

|-

| עין תפוח

| ʿyn tpwḥ

| En-Tappuah

| {{Strong-number|H5887|H|5887}}

| Joshua 17:7

| 1

| Ephraim ?, Manasseh ? (border between Ephraim and Manasseh)

|

| = Tappuah [Ephraim's city in Manasseh's territory] (8599) ?

|-

| עירהמלח

| ʿyr(h)mlḥ

| Ir Melach, Ir Ha-Melach (City of Salt)

| {{Strong-number|H5898|H|5898}}

| Joshua 15:62

| 1

| Judah ("in the wilderness"; important cities: En-Gedi)

|

|

|-

| עיר שמש

| ʿyr šmš

| Ir-Shemesh

| {{Strong-number|H5905|H|5905}}

| Joshua 19:41

| 1

| Dan

|

|

|-

| עלמון

| ʿlmwn

| Almon

| {{Strong-number|H5960|H|5960}}

| Joshua 21:18

| 1

| Benjamin (a levitical city)

| Khirbet Almit {{Coord|31|49|25.5|N|35|16|28|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| עמה

| ʿmh

| Ummah

| {{Strong-number|H5981|H|5981}}

| Joshua 19:30

| 1

| Asher (south-eastern coastal territory of Asher)

|

|

|-

| עמעד

| ʿmʿd

| Amad

| {{Strong-number|H6008|H|6008}}

| Joshua 19:26

| 1

| Asher

|

|

|-

| ענב

| ʿnb

| Anab

| {{Strong-number|H6024|H|6024}}

| Joshua 11:21; 15:50

| 2

| Judah ("in the mountains"; important cities: Debir, Goshen)

|

|

|-

| ענים

| ʿnym

| Anim

| {{Strong-number|H6044|H|6044}}

| Joshua 15:50

| 1

| Judah ("in the mountains"; important cities: Debir, Goshen)

|

|

|-

| ענתות

| ʿntwt

| Anathoth

| {{Strong-number|H6068|H|6068}}

| Joshua 21:18

| 13

| Benjamin (a levitical city)

| ? 'Anata{{cite journal

|last1= Blair

|first1= Edward P.

|year= 1936

|title= Soundings at 'Anâtā (Roman Anathoth)

|journal= Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research

|volume= 62

|number= 62

|pages= 18–21

|jstor= 1355493

|doi= 10.2307/1355493

|s2cid= 163987323

}} {{Coord|31|48|33|N|35|15|29|E|type:city|display=inline}}?; Ras el-Kharrubeh{{cite journal

|last1= Bergman

|first1= A.

|year= 1936

|title= Soundings at the Supposed Site of Old Testament Anathoth

|journal= Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research

|volume= 62

|number= 62

|pages= 22–26

|jstor= 1355494

|doi= 10.2307/1355494

|s2cid= 163537912

}} {{Coord|31|48|06|N|35|15|12|E|type:city|display=inline}}??; Khirbet Deir es-Sidd{{cite journal

|last1= Nadelman

|first1= Yonatan

|year= 1994

|title= The Identification of Anathoth and the Soundings at Khirbet Deir es-Sidd

|journal= Israel Exploration Journal

|volume= 44

|number= 1/2

|pages= 62–74

|jstor= 27926334

}} {{Coord|31|48|36|N|35|16|30|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| עפני

| (h)ʿpny

| Ophni, Ha-Ophni

| {{Strong-number|H6078|H|6078}}

| Joshua 18:24

| 1

| Benjamin (group A; important cities: Bethel, Jericho)

|

|

|-

| עפרה

| ʿprh

| Ophrah

| {{Strong-number|H6084|H|6084}}

| Joshua 18:23

| 7 or 1

| Benjamin (group A; important cities: Bethel, Jericho)

| ? Taybeh, et-Taiyibeh/ Taiyiba/ Taiyibe/ Tayyibeh{{cite book

|author1-last= Aharoni |author1-first= Yohanan |author1-link= Yohanan Aharoni

|title= The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=AMtoyNxWw0UC

|url-access= limited

|publisher= Westminster John Knox Press

|date= 1979

|isbn= 9780664242664

}}{{rp|121}}{{cite journal

|last1= Niesiołowski-Spanò

|first1= Łukasz

|year= 2005

|title= Where Should One Look for Gideon's Ophra?

|journal= Biblica

|volume= 86

|number= 4

|pages= 478–493

|jstor= 42614624

}} {{Coord|31|57|09|N|35|18|10|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite web

|url= https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-1147182&fid=6704&c=west_bank

|title= Et Taiyibe: West Bank

|year= 1993

|website= Geographical Names (SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA)

|publisher= Information Technology Associates

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180608061109/https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-1147182&fid=6704&c=west_bank

|archive-date= 2018-06-08

|access-date= 2018-06-08

}} Beitin{{rp|21–2}} {{Coord|31|55|37|N|35|14|19|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| עצם

| ʿṣm

| Azem

| {{Strong-number|H6107|H|6107}}

| Joshua 15:29; 19:3

| 3

| Simeon within Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

|

|-

| עצמונה

| ʿṣmwnh

| Azmon

| {{Strong-number|H6111|H|6111}}

| Joshua 15:4

| 3

| Judah (southern border; to the west of the river of Egypt, not far from the Mediterranean Sea)

|

|

|-

| עקרון

| ʿqrwn

| Ekron

| {{Strong-number|H6138|H|6138}}

| Joshua 13:3; 15:11.45.46; 19:43

| 22 [24]

| Judah (by the sea; important cities: Ekron, Ashdod, Gaza; northern border of Philistia?; near Judah's northern border); Dan (border city between Dan and Judah?)

| ? Khirbet el-Muqanna (near Yad Binyamin) {{Coord|31|46|44|N|34|51|00|E|type:city|display=inline}}; formerly identified with Aqir {{Coord|31|51|40|N|34|49|23|E|type:city|display=inline}}, Zikrin {{Coord|31|39|48|N|34|51|38|E|type:city|display=inline}}, Qatra {{Coord|31|49|19|N|34|46|39|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| עקרוני

| ʿqrwny

| Ekronite

| {{Strong-number|H6139|H|6139}}

| Joshua 13:3

| 2

| Judah (one of the main Philistine cities)

| see Ekron (H6138)

| An inhabitant of Ekron (H6138)

|-

| הערבה

| (h)ʿrbh

| Arabah, Ha-Arabah

| {{Strong-number|H6160|H|6160}}

| Joshua 18:18

| 2?

| Benjamin? (southern border of Benjamin, close to Beth-Hoglah and the Jordan river)

|

| = Beth-Arabah [of Benjamin] (H1026) ?

|-

| ערד

| ʿrd

| Arad

| {{Strong-number|H6166|H|6166}}

| Joshua 12:14

| 4

| Judah?

| Tel Arad {{Coord|31|16|52|N|35|7|34|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| ערוער

| ʿrwʿr

| Aroer [of Reuben]

| {{Strong-number|H6177|H|6177}}

| Joshua 12:2; 13:9.16

| 15 or 14

| Reuben (east of Jordan, on the bank of the river Arnon, in the middle of the river)

| ? Khirbet 'Ara'ir{{cite journal

|last1= Olávarri

|first1= Emilio

|year= 1965

|title= Sondages a 'Arô'er sur l'Arnon

|journal= Revue Biblique (1946–)

|volume= 72

|number= 1

|pages= 77–94

|jstor= 44087832

}}{{cite journal

|last1= Olávarri

|first1= Emilio

|year= 1969

|title= Fouilles a 'Arô'er sur l'Arnon

|journal= Revue Biblique (1946–)

|volume= 76

|number= 2

|pages= 230–259

|jstor= 44088002

}} at 'Ara'ir {{Coord|31|28|16|N|35|49|10|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| ערוער

| ʿrwʿr

| Aroer [of Gad]

| {{Strong-number|H6177|H|6177}}

| Joshua 13:25

| 2 or 1

| Gad (east of Jordan, not far from Rabbah of Amon)

| Tell el-‘Umeiri{{rp|680–681}}

|

|-

| עשן

| ʿšn

| Ashan

| {{Strong-number|H6228|H|6228}}

| Joshua 15:42; 19:7

| 4

| Simeon within Judah (important cities: Libnah, Keilah, Achzib, Maresha)

|

|

|-

| עשתרות

| ʿštrwt

| Ashtaroth

| {{Strong-number|H6252|H|6252}}

| Joshua 9:10; 12:4; 13:12.31

| 12

| Manasseh (east of Jordan; in Bashan)

| ? Tell Ashtarah{{cite encyclopedia |last1= La Sor |first1= William Sanford |author-link= William Sanford La Sor |editor-last= Bromiley|editor-first= Geoffrey W.|editor-link= Geoffrey W. Bromiley|encyclopedia= The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia|title= Ashtaroth|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wo8csizDv0gC&pg=PA319|access-date= 2018-06-02|year= 1979|publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|volume= 1|isbn= 9780802837813 |page=319 |url-access=limited}} {{Coord|32|48|15|N|36|00|56|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{rp|232}} Al-Shaykh Saad, Sheikh Sa'ad as Karnaim{{cite book

|last1= Galil|first1= Gershon|author-link1= Gershon Galil

|chapter= Ashtaroth in the Amarna Period

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fKTRZrWTHh4C&pg=PA379

|editor1-last= Izre'el |editor1-first= Shlomo

|editor2-last= Singer |editor2-first= Itamar |editor2-link= Itamar Singer

|editor3-last= Zadok |editor3-first= Ran

|title= Past Links: Studies in the Languages and Cultures of the Ancient Near East

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fKTRZrWTHh4C |url-access= limited

|series= Israel Oriental Studies

|volume= 18

|publisher= Eisenbrauns

|date= 1998

|pages= 379|isbn= 9781575060354}} {{Coord|32|50|11|N|36|02|10|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{cite book

|last1= Goren|first1= Yuval

|last2= Finkelstein|first2= Israel|author-link2= Israel Finkelstein

|last3= Na'aman|first3= Nadav

|title= Inscribed in Clay, Provenance Study of the Amarna Tablets and Other Ancient Near Eastern Texts

|series= Monograph series

|volume= 23

|url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263353216

|publisher= Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology

|date= 2004

|isbn= 9789652660206}}{{rp|336}}

|

|-

| עתה קצין

| ʿth qṣyn

| Ittah-Kazin

| {{Strong-number|H6278|H|6278}}

| Joshua 19:13

| 1

| Zebulun (Zebulun's eastern? border)

| ? Ḫirbet Bēyīn;{{cite journal |title=Evaluating the Tribe of Zebulon according to the Border Description in Joshua 19 |journal=Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=416–437 |year=2023 |doi=10.1628/hebai-2023-0030 |issn=2192-2276}}{{rp|430}} Ḫirbet Felīh{{rp|430}}

|

|-

| עתר

| ʿtr

| Ether

| {{Strong-number|H6281|H|6281}}

| Joshua 15:42; 19:7

| 2

| Simeon within Judah (important cities: Libnah, Keilah, Achzib, Maresha)

| Khirbat el-‘Atar{{cite book |title=Archaeological Excavations and Research Studies in Southern Israel: Collected Papers Volume 5: 18th Annual Southern Conference |last1=Tavger |first1=Aharon |publisher=Israel Antiquities Authority |year=2022 |isbn=978-965-406-755-3 |pages=91–116 |last2=McKinny |first2=Chris |last3=Shai |first3=Itzhaq |editor-last=Golani |editor-first=Amir |chapter=“Libnah and ‘Ether” (Josh 15:42): The Archaeological Survey of Khirbat el-‘Atar in Light of over a Decade of Excavations at Tel Burna |editor-last2=Varga |editor-first2=Daniel |editor-last3=Tchekhanovets |editor-first3=Yana |editor-last4=Birkenfeld |editor-first4=Michal |chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/76139786}}

|

|-

| פרה

| (h)prh

| Parah, Ha-Pharah

| {{Strong-number|H6511|H|6511}}

| Joshua 18:23

| 1

| Benjamin (group A; important cities: Bethel, Jericho)

|

|

|-

| צדים, הצדים

| (h)ṣdym

| Ziddim, Ha-Ziddim

| {{Strong-number|H6661|H|6661}}

| Joshua 19:35

| 1

| Naphtali (a fortified city)

|

|

|-

| צידון, צידון רבה

| ṣydwn (rbh)

| Sidon (the great)

| {{Strong-number|H6721|H|6721}} (+ {{Strong-number|H7227|H|7227}})

| Joshua 11:8; 19:28

| 21 [37]

| Asher (north-western border)

| Saint Louis Castle area{{rp|500}} at Sidon {{Coord|33|33|38|N|35|22|14|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| צידנים

| ṣydnym

| Sidonians

| {{Strong-number|H6722|H|6722}}

| Joshua 13:4.6

| 16

| Asher

| see Sidon (H6721)

| Inhabitants of Sidon (H6721)

|-

| ציער

| ṣyʿr

| Zior

| {{Strong-number|H6730|H|6730}}

| Joshua 15:54

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Hebron)

|

|

|-

| צלע

| ṣlʿ

| Zelah

| {{Strong-number|H6762|H|6762}}

| Joshua 18:28

| 2

| Benjamin (group B; important cities: Gibeon, Ramah, Mizpeh, Jerusalem)

|

|

|-

| צמרים

| ṣmrym

| Zemaraim

| {{Strong-number|H6787|H|6787}}

| Joshua 18:22

| 1

| Benjamin (group A; important cities: Bethel, Jericho)

| ? Ras et-Tahuneh; er-Rammun

|

|-

| צנן

| ṣnn

| Zenan

| {{Strong-number|H6799|H|6799}}

| Joshua 15:37

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Lachish, Eglon, Makkedah)

| Khirbet Summeily{{rp|30}}

|

|-

| צעננים

| ṣʿnnym

| Zaanannim

| {{Strong-number|H6815|H|6815}}

| Joshua 19:33

| 2

| Naphtali

| Ḫirbet ‘Arbīṯa{{rp|256–258}}

|

|-

| צפון

| ṣpwn

| Zaphon

| {{Strong-number|H6829|H|6829}}

| Joshua 13:27

| 1

| Gad (east of Jordan)

| ? Tell el-Qōs{{rp|497–500}}

|

|-

| צקלג

| ṣqlg

| Ziklag

| {{Strong-number|H6860|H|6860}}

| Joshua 15:31; 19:5

| 15

| Simeon within Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

| ? Tell esh-Shari'ah, Tell Sera'{{cite journal

|last1= Blakely

|first1= Jeffrey A.

|s2cid= 56099418

|year= 2007

|title= The Location of Medieval/Pre-Modern and Biblical Ziklag

|journal= Palestine Exploration Quarterly

|volume= 139

|issue= 1

|pages= 21–26

|doi= 10.1179/003103207x162988

}}{{cite journal

|last1= Harris

|first1= Horton

|s2cid= 162186999

|year= 2011

|title= The Location of Ziklag: A Review of the Candidate Sites, Based on Biblical, Topographical and Archaeological Evidence

|journal= Palestine Exploration Quarterly

|volume= 143

|issue= 2

|pages= 119–133

|doi= 10.1179/003103211X12971861556954

}} {{Coord|31|23|26|N|34|40|40|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{rp|474}} Tell el-Hesi {{Coord|31|32|51|N|34|43|49|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Tell el-Khuweilifeh, Tel Halif {{Coord|31|22|59|N|34|51|58|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Tell 'Areini (near Kiryat Gat) {{Coord|31|36|42|N|34|47|07|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Tell en-Nejileh, Tel Nagila (between Ahuzam and Beit Kama) {{Coord|31|30|08|N|34|45|28|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Khirbet Meshash, Tel Masos {{Coord|31|12|47|N|34|58|00|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Tell es-Seba (near Beersheba) {{Coord|31|14|41|N|34|50|27|E|type:city|display=inline}}; Khirbet Zuheilikah/Zuheiliqah {{Coord|31|25|51|N|34|37|59|E|type:city|display=inline}}?{{cite map

|author1-last = Smith

|author1-first = George Adam

|author1-link = George Adam Smith

|author2-last = Bartholomew

|author2-first = John George

|author2-link = John George Bartholomew

|title = Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land

|map = Section VII - Beersheba and the Negeb

|map-url = https://archive.org/stream/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand-smith#page/n69/mode/1up

|year = 1915

|url = https://archive.org/details/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand

|scale = 1:253440

|publisher = Hodder & Stoughton

|pages = 27–28

|section = B2

}}

|

|-

| צר

| ṣr

| Zer, Tyre [of Naphtali]

| {{Strong-number|H6863|H|6863}}

| Joshua 19:35

| 1

| Naphtali (a fortified city)

|

|

|-

| צר

| ṣr

| Tyre [of Asher]

| {{Strong-number|H6865|H|6865}}

| Joshua 19:29

| 42

| Asher (eastern border)

| Tyre {{Coord|33|16|15|N|35|11|40|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| צרעה

| ṣrʿh

| Zoreah, Zorah

| {{Strong-number|H6881|H|6881}}

| Joshua 15:33; 19:41

| 10

| Judah ("in the valley"; important cities: Eshtaol, Zoreah, Engannim, Tappuah, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh 1, Azekah); Dan (border city between Dan and Judah?)

| ? Tel Tzora/ Tzar'a/ Tsar'a, (Tell) Sar'a{{cite journal

|author1-last= Niemann

|author1-first= Hermann Michael

|s2cid= 131156716

|year= 1999

|title= Zorah, Eshtaol, Beth-Shemesh and Dan's Migration to the South: A Region and its Traditions in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages

|journal= Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

|volume= 24

|issue= 86

|pages= 25–48

|doi= 10.1177/030908929902408602

}} {{Coord|31|46|31|N|34|59|08|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| צרת השחר

| ṣrt (h)šḥr

| Zareth-Shahar, Zareth-Ha-Shahar

| {{Strong-number|H6890|H|6890}}

| Joshua 13:19

| 1

| Reuben (east of Jordan)

| Boz al-Mushelle{{rp|671–672}}

|

|-

| צרתן

| ṣrtn

| Zaretan

| {{Strong-number|H6891|H|6891}}

| Joshua 3:16

| 3

| ? (Located by the Jordan river, near Adam, far from Jericho)

| ? el-Makhruq{{rp|100}}

|

|-

| קבצאל

| qbṣʾl

| Kabzeel

| {{Strong-number|H6909|H|6909}}

| Joshua 15:21

| 3

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

|

|-

| קבצים

| qbṣym

| Kibzaim

| {{Strong-number|H6911|H|6911}}

| Joshua 21:22

| 1

| Ephraim (a levitical city)

|

|

|-

| קדמת

| qdmt

| Kedemoth

| {{Strong-number|H6932|H|6932}}

| Joshua 13:18; 21:37

| 4

| Reuben (east of Jordan; a levitical city)

| es-Saliyeh{{rp|669}}

|

|-

| קדש

| qdš

| Kedesh [of Judah]

| {{Strong-number|H6943|H|6943}}

| Joshua 15:23

| 1?

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

| = Kedesh Barnea (H6947) ?

|-

| קדש

| qdš

| Kedesh [of Naphtali]

| {{Strong-number|H6943|H|6943}}

| Joshua 12:22; 19:37; 20:7; 21:32

| 11?

| Naphtali (a fortified city; in Galilee; a city of refuge; a levitical city)

| ? Tell Qadas/ Qades{{rp|295}} (near Ramot Naftali) {{Coord|33|06|36|N|35|31|51|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{rp|348}} Khirbet el-Kidish/ Qedish/ Qadish{{rp|295}} (near Poria Illit) {{Coord|32|44|03|N|35|33|17|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{rp|341}} some passages might refer to Tell Abu Qudeis{{rp|295}} {{Coord|32|33|34|N|35|12|59|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|350}}

|

|-

| קדש ברנע

| qdš brnʿ

| Kadesh Barnea

| {{Strong-number|H6947|H|6947}}

| Joshua 10:41; 14:6.7; 15:3

| 10

| Judah (southern border)

| ? Tell el-Qudeirat{{cite book

|year=2007

|chapter=Excavations at Kadesh Barnea (Tell el-Qudeirat) 1976-1982

|editor1-last= Cohen |editor1-first= Rudolph

|editor2-last= Bernick-Greenberg |editor2-first= Hannah

|title= Excavations at Kadesh Barnea (Tell el-Qudeirat) 1976-1982: Part 1. Text

|series= Israel Antiquities Authority Reports

|volume= 34

|publisher= Israel Antiquities Authority

|jstor= j.ctt1fzhfvq

|isbn=9789654062046

|last1=Cohen

|first1=Rudolph

|last2=Bernick-Greenberg

|first2=Hannah

|last3=Mayer

|first3=Daniella E. Bar-Yosef

|last4=Carmi

|first4=Israel

|last5=Druk

|first5=Michal

|last6=Eldar-Nir

|first6=Iris

|last7=Gera

|first7=Avivit

|last8=Haiman

|first8=Mordechai

|last9=Hakker-Orion

|first9=Dalia

|last10=Lender

|first10=Yshayahu

|last11=Münger

|first11=Stefan

|last12=Nahlieli

|first12=Dov

|last13=Segal

|first13=Dror

|last14=Shamir

|first14=Orit

|last15=Shor

|first15=Pnina

}} {{Coord|30|38|53|N|34|25|21|E|type:city|display=inline}}; 'Ain el-Qudeirat{{cite book

|orig-year= 1980

|year=2008

|author1-last= Bimson |author1-first= John J.

|chapter= Archaeological Data and the Dating of the Patriarchs

|chapter-url= https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/epn_3_bimson.html

|editor1-last= Millard |editor1-first= Alan R. |editor1-link= Alan Millard

|editor2-last= Wiseman |editor2-first= Donald J. |editor2-link= Donald Wiseman

|title= Essays on the Patriarchal Narratives

|publisher= Wipf and Stock Publishers

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=GitKAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA74

|page= 74

|url-access= limited

|access-date= 2018-06-04

|isbn= 9781556356667

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040217174829/https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/epn_3_bimson.html

|archive-date= 2004-02-17

}} {{Coord|30|38|33|N|34|24|49|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite web

|url= https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-468437&fid=1602&c=egypt

|title= 'Ayn al Qudayrāt: Egypt

|year= 2007

|website= Geographical Names (SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA)

|publisher= Information Technology Associates

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180604202857/https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-468437&fid=1602&c=egypt

|archive-date= 2018-06-04

|access-date= 2018-06-04}} 'Ain Qadeis/Kadeis {{Coord|30|35|03|N|34|29|09|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite web

|url= https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-467739&fid=1592&c=egypt

|title= 'Ain el Qadeis: Egypt

|year= 2007

|website= Geographical Names (SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA)

|publisher= Information Technology Associates

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120103181608/http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-467739&fid=1592&c=egypt

|archive-date= 2012-01-03

|access-date= 2018-06-04}} 'Ain al-Qusaima/Quseima {{Coord|30|40|00|N|34|22|00|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite web

|url= https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-468573&fid=1624&c=egypt

|title= Ain el Quṣaima: Egypt

|year= 2007

|website= Geographical Names (SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA)

|publisher= Information Technology Associates

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120103181708/http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-468573&fid=1624&c=egypt

|archive-date= 2012-01-03

|access-date= 2018-06-04}} El Muweilah {{Coord|30|41|09|N|34|19|12|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite web

|url= https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-453538&fid=1620

|title= El Muweilah: Egypt

|year= 2007

|website= Geographical Names (SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA)

|publisher= Information Technology Associates

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180604204313/https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-453538&fid=1620

|archive-date= 2018-06-04

|access-date= 2018-06-04}} formerly identified with Petra{{cite book

|year=2013

|author1-last= Graf |author1-first= David F.

|chapter= Petra and the Nabateans in the Early Hellenistic period: the literary and archaeological evidence

|editor1-last= Mouton |editor1-first= Michel

|editor2-last= Schmid |editor2-first= Stephan G.

|title= Men on the Rocks: The Formation of Nabataean Petra

|series= Supplement to the Bulletin of Nabataean studies

|volume= 1

|location= Berlin

|publisher= Logos Verlag

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=bpWGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA50

|page= 50

|isbn= 9783832533137

}}

| = Kedesh [of Judah] (H6943) ?

|-

| קטח

| qṭḥ

| Kattath

| {{Strong-number|H7005|H|7005}}

| Joshua 19:15

| 1

| Zebulun

|

|

|-

| קין

| (h)qyn

| Cain, Ha-Cain

| {{Strong-number|H7014|H|7014}}

| Joshua 15:57

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Gibeah, Timnah)

| Ḫirbet Yūqīn{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception: Jesus – Kairos |last=Gaß |first=Erasmus |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2017 |isbn=978-3-11-031331-4 |pages=1225–1226 |editor-last=Helmer |editor-first=Christine |volume=14 |chapter=Kain (Place) |editor-last2=McKenzie |editor-first2=Stephen L. |editor-last3=Römer |editor-first3=Thomas |editor-last4=Schröter |editor-first4=Jens |editor-last5=Dov Walfish |editor-first5=Barry |editor-last6=Ziolkowski |editor-first6=Eric J. |chapter-url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/94859/94859.pdf}}

|

|-

| קינה

| qynh

| Kinah

| {{Strong-number|H7016|H|7016}}

| Joshua 15:22

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

|

|-

| קנה

| qnh

| Kanah

| {{Strong-number|H7071|H|7071}}

| Joshua 19:28

| 1

| Asher (northern border?)

| Qana{{rp|33}} {{Coord|33|12|33|N|35|17|57|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| קעילה

| qʿylh

| Keilah

| {{Strong-number|H7084|H|7084}}

| Joshua 15:44

| 17

| Judah (important cities: Libnah, Keilah, Achzib, Maresha)

| Khirbet Qila (at Qila) {{Coord|31|36|50|N|35|00|10|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|359}}

|

|-

| קציץ, עמק קציץ

| qṣyṣ, ʿmq qṣyṣ

| Keziz, Emek-Keziz

| {{Strong-number|H7104|H|7104}}, {{Strong-number|H6010|H|6010}}+{{Strong-number|H7104|H|7104}}

| Joshua 18:21

| 1

| Benjamin (group A; important cities: Bethel, Jericho)

| ? Khirbet el-Marjameh {{Coord|31|59|29|N|35|19|57|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| קריות

| qrywt (qrywt ḥṣrwn ?)

| Kerioth (Kerioth-Hezron?)

| {{Strong-number|H7152|H|7152}}

| Joshua 15:25

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

|

| = Hezron (H2696) ?

|-

| קריתארבע

| qrytʾrbʿ

| Kirjath-Arba

| {{Strong-number|H7153|H|7153}}

| Joshua 14:15; 15:13.54; 20:7; 21:11

| 9

| Judah (important cities: Hebron; a city of refuge; a levitical city for Kohathites)

| see Hebron (H2275)

| = Hebron (H2275)

|-

| קריתבעל

| qrytbʿl

| Kiriath-Baal

| {{Strong-number|H7154|H|7154}}

| Joshua 15:60; 18:14

| 2

| Judah (important cities: Kiriath-Jearim; border between Judah and Benjamin - south-western corner of Benjamin's territory)

| see Kiriath-Jearim (H7157)

| = Kiriath-Jearim (H7157)

|-

| קריתים

| qrytym

| Kirjathaim

| {{Strong-number|H7156|H|7156}}

| Joshua 13:19

| 6

| Reuben (east of Jordan)

| ? Khirbat al-Qureijat{{cite book

|last1= MacDonald|first1= Burton|author-link1= Burton MacDonald

|title= "East of the Jordan": Territories and Sites of the Hebrew Scriptures

|url= https://www.bu.edu/asor/pubs/books-monographs/macdonald.pdf

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110105053522/https://www.bu.edu/asor/pubs/books-monographs/macdonald.pdf

|archive-date= 2011-01-05

|series= ASOR Books

|volume= 6

|publisher= American Schools of Oriental Research

|date= 2000

|isbn= 9780897570312}}{{rp|122}} {{Coord|31|31|54|N|35|52|49|E|type:city|display=inline}}?;{{rp|122}} Khirbat al-Qureiyeh{{rp|122–3}} {{Coord|31|42|55|N|35|40|30|E|type:city|display=inline}}?;{{cite map

|editor1-last = Curtis

|editor1-first = Adrian

|title = Oxford Bible Atlas

|map = The Kingdom of Judah

|map-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=IBgUDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA114

|orig-year = 2007

|year = 2009

|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=IBgUDAAAQBAJ

|publisher = Oxford University Press

|pages = 114, 213

|section = Y5

|isbn = 9780199560462

}} Qaryat al-Mekhaiyet, Khirbat

Mukhayyat{{rp|122–3}} {{Coord|31|44|56|N|35|44|37|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite web

|url= https://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-1447724&fid=3286&c=jordan

|title= Qaryat al Mukhayyaţ: Jordan

|year= 2008

|website= Geographical Names (SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA)

|publisher= Information Technology Associates

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180616104554/https://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-1447724&fid=3286&c=jordan

|archive-date= 2018-06-16

|access-date= 2018-06-16}} Qrajet el-Waran{{rp|670–1}}

|

|-

| קרית

| qryt

| Kirjath

| {{Strong-number|H7157|H|7157}}

| Joshua 18:28

| 1

| Benjamin (group B; important cities: Gibeon, Ramah, Mizpeh, Jerusalem)

|

| = Kiriath-Jearim (H7157, Judah's) ?

|-

| קריתיערים

| qrytyʿrym

| Kiriath-Jearim

| {{Strong-number|H7157|H|7157}}

| Joshua 9:17; 15:9.60; 18:14-15; [18:28?]

| 19

| Judah, Benjamin? (important cities: Kiriath-Jearim; border between Judah and Benjamin - south-western corner of Benjamin's territory; a city of Gibeonites alongside Gibeon, Chephirah and Beeroth)

| ? Deir el Azar {{Coord|31|48|39|N|35|05|59|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|440}}

| = Kiriath-Baal (H7154), = Baalah [of Judah 1] (H1173), = Kirjath (H7157) ?

|-

| קריתספר

| qrytspr

| Kirjath-Sepher

| {{Strong-number|H7158|H|7158}}

| Joshua 15:15-16

| 4

| Judah ("in the mountains"; important cities: Debir, Goshen)

| see Debir [of Judah 1] (H1688)

| = Debir [of Judah 1] (H1688)

|-

| קריתסנה

| qrytsnh

| Kirjath-Sannah

| {{Strong-number|H7158|H|7158}}

| Joshua 15:49

| 1

| Judah ("in the mountains"; important cities: Debir, Goshen)

| see Debir [of Judah 1] (H1688)

| = Debir [of Judah 1] (H1688)

|-

| קרקעה, הקרקעה

| (h)qrqʿh

| Karkaa, Ha-Karkaa

| {{Strong-number|H7173|H|7173}}

| Joshua 15:3

| 1

| Judah (southern border; to the east of Adar, Hezron and Kadesh-Barnea)

|

|

|-

| קרתה

| qrth

| Kartah

| {{Strong-number|H7177|H|7177}}

| Joshua 21:34

| 1

| Zebulun (a levitical city)

|

|

|-

| קרתן

| qrtn

| Kartan

| {{Strong-number|H7178|H|7178}}

| Joshua 21:32

| 1

| Naphtali (a levitical city)

|

|

|-

| קשיון

| qšywn

| Kishion

| {{Strong-number|H7191|H|7191}}

| Joshua 19:20; 21:28

| 2

| Issachar (a levitical city)

|

|

|-

| ראמת

| rʾmt

| Ramoth

| {{Strong-number|H7216|H|7216}}

| Joshua 20:8; [21:38]

| 4

| Gad (in Gilead; a city of refuge; a levitical city)

| see Ramoth Gilead (H7433)

| = Ramoth (H7433)

|-

| רבה

| (h)rbh

| Rabbah, Ha-Rabbah [of Judah]

| {{Strong-number|H7237|H|7237}}

| Joshua 15:60

| 1

| Judah (important cities: Kiriath-Jearim)

|

|

|-

| רבה

| rbh

| Rabbah, Rabbah [of Ammonites]

| {{Strong-number|H7237|H|7237}}

| Joshua 13:25

| 14

| Ammonites

| Jabal al-Qal'a{{cite book

|last1= MacDonald|first1= Burton|author-link1= Burton MacDonald

|chapter= Ammonite Territory and Sites

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5Sm7BOubDYcC&pg=PA30

|editor1-last= MacDonald |editor1-first= Burton

|editor2-last= Younker |editor2-first= Randall W.

|title= Ancient Ammon

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5Sm7BOubDYcC |url-access= limited

|series= Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East

|volume= 17

|publisher= BRILL

|date= 1999

|pages= 35–6|isbn= 9789004107625}} (in Amman) {{Coord|31|57|17|N|35|56|03|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| רבית, הרבית

| (h)rbyt

| Rabbith, Ha-Rabbith

| {{Strong-number|H7245|H|7245}}

| Joshua 19:20

| 1

| Issachar

|

|

|-

| רחב

| rḥb

| Rehob [of Asher 1]

| {{Strong-number|H7340|H|7340}}

| Joshua 19:28; (21:31?)

| 6 or 1

| Asher (northern border?; a levitical city?)

| ? Tell al-Balat{{rp|71}} {{Coord|33|06|53|N|35|17|26|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{cite journal

|author1-last= Finkelstein

|author1-first= Israel

|author1-link= Israel Finkelstein

|year= 1981

|title= The Shephelah of Israel

|journal= Tel Aviv: Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University

|volume= 8

|issue= 1

|pages= 84–94

|doi= 10.1179/033443581788440936

}}; Khirbat al-ʿAmri{{cite book

|author1-last= Baly

|author1-first= Denis

|author2-last= Tushingham

|author2-first= A. Douglas

|author2-link= Doug Tushingham

|year= 1971

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=l-HjAAAAMAAJ&q=amri

|url-access= limited

|title= Atlas of the Biblical World

|publisher= William Collins Pub

|isbn= 9780529001504

|page= 205

}} {{Coord|33|03|59|N|35|08|18|E|type:city|display=inline}}?;{{cite book

|editor1-last= Skolnik

|editor1-first= Fred

|editor2-last= Berenbaum

|editor2-first= Michael

|year= 2007

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Gj8OAQAAMAAJ&q=Amri++Achzib

|url-access= limited

|title= Encyclopaedia Judaica: Ra-Sam

|volume= 17

|isbn= 9780028659459

|page= 191

|publisher= Macmillan Reference USA

}} Tel Rosh{{cite journal |title=Tel Rosh: The forgotten Rehob in the Upper Galilee |journal=Palestine Exploration Quarterly |last1=Katz |first1=Hayah |url=https://www.academia.edu/49559918 |volume=153 |issue=1 |pages=24–41 |last2=Levin |first2=Yigal |year=2021 |doi=10.1080/00310328.2020.1751490 |issn=0031-0328}} {{Coord|32|02|28.6|N|35|19|57.9|E|type:city|display=inline}}; formerly identified with Hunin{{cite book

|author1-last= Tristram

|author1-first= Henry Baker

|author1-link= Henry Baker Tristram

|year= 1866

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=L8-WArbIjA4C&pg=PA584

|title= The Land of Israel: A Journal of Travels in Palestine, Undertaken with Special Reference to Its Physical Character

|publisher= Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

|location= London

|page= 584

}}

|

|-

| רחב

| rḥb

| Rehob [of Asher 2]

| {{Strong-number|H7340|H|7340}}

| Joshua 19:30; (21:31?)

| 1?

| Asher (south-eastern coastal territory of Asher; a levitical city?)

| ? Tell Bir al-Gharbi, Tel Bira{{cite encyclopedia |last1= La Sor |first1= William Sanford |author-link= William Sanford La Sor |editor-last= Bromiley|editor-first= Geoffrey W.|editor-link= Geoffrey W. Bromiley|encyclopedia= The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia|title= Rehob|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6OJvO2jMCr8C&pg=PA71|access-date= 2018-06-16|year= 1995|publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|volume= 4|isbn= 9780802837844 |url-access=limited}}{{rp|71–2}} {{Coord|32|54|04|N|35|10|09|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|99}}

|

|-

| ראמת

| rʾmt

| Ramath, Ramath-Negev

| {{Strong-number|H7414|H|7414}}

| Joshua 19:8

| 1?

| Simeon (within Judah?, in the Negev?)

|

|

|-

| רמה, הרמה

| (h)rmh

| Ramah, Ha-Ramah [of Benjamin]

| {{Strong-number|H7414|H|7414}}

| Joshua 18:25

| 33?

| Benjamin (group B; important cities: Gibeon, Ramah, Mizpeh, Jerusalem)

| ? Al-Ram {{Coord|31|51|13|N|35|14|00|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| רמה, הרמה

| (h)rmh

| Ramah, Ha-Ramah [of Asher]

| {{Strong-number|H7414|H|7414}}

| Joshua 19:29

| 1?

| Asher (eastern border between Sidon and Tyre)

| Rāmiye{{rp|244–245}}

|

|-

| רמה, הרמה

| (h)rmh

| Ramah, Ha-Ramah [of Naphtali]

| {{Strong-number|H7414|H|7414}}

| Joshua 19:36

| 1?

| Naphtali (a fortified city)

| ? Ḫirbet Zētūn er-Rāme (in ar-Rame){{rp|245}} {{Coord|32|56|21|N|35|22|02|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| רמון

| rmwn

| Rimmon, Remmon

| {{Strong-number|H7417|H|7417}}

| Joshua 15:32; 19:7

| 8 or 4

| Simeon within Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag)

| ? Khirbet Umm er-Ramamin{{cite encyclopedia

|last1= Selms |first1= A. van

|editor-last= Bromiley|editor-first= Geoffrey W.|editor-link= Geoffrey W. Bromiley

|encyclopedia= The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

|volume= 4

|title= Rimmon

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6OJvO2jMCr8C&pg=PA196

|access-date= 2018-06-07

|year= 1995

|publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

|isbn= 9780802837844

|pages= 196

|url-access=limited}} (Khirbet Raymond?) {{Coord|31|22|19|N|34|51|55|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite map

|author1-last = Smith

|author1-first = George Adam

|author1-link = George Adam Smith

|author2-last = Bartholomew

|author2-first = John George

|author2-link = John George Bartholomew

|title = Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land

|map = Section VII - Beersheba and the Negeb

|map-url = https://archive.org/stream/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand-smith#page/n69/mode/1up

|year = 1915

|url = https://archive.org/details/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand

|scale = 1:253440

|publisher = Hodder & Stoughton

|pages = 27–28

|section = D2

}} Ain-Urtās/Artās?{{cite journal

|author1-last= Baldensperger

|author1-first= Philip J.

|year= 1912

|title= The Identification of Ain-Rimmon with Ain-Urtās (Artās)

|journal= Palestine Exploration Quarterly

|volume= 44

|issue= 4

|pages= 209–211

|doi= 10.1179/peq.1912.44.4.209

}}

|

|-

| רמון המתאר

| rmwn (h)mtʾr

| Rimmon-Methoar, Remmon-Ha-Methoar

| {{Strong-number|H7417|H|7417}}

| Joshua 19:13

| 3

| Zebulun (Zabulun's eastern? border)

| Ḫirbet er-Rūma;{{rp|430}} Rummāne{{rp|430}}

|

|-

| רמת

| rmt

| Remeth

| {{Strong-number|H7432|H|7432}}

| Joshua 19:21

| 1

| Issachar

|

|

|-

| רמת, רמת גלעד

| rmt, rmt glʿd

| Ramoth, Ramoth Gilead

| {{Strong-number|H7433|H|7433}}

| Joshua [20:8;] 21:38

| 21

| Gad (in Gilead; a city of refuge; a levitical city)

| ? Khirbat al Rumaythah, Tell er-Rumeit{{cite journal

|last1= Finkelstein

|first1= Israel

|author-link1= Israel Finkelstein

|last2= Lipschits

|first2= Oded

|author-link2= Oded Lipschits

|last3= Sergi

|first3= Omer

|year= 2013

|title= Tell er-Rumeith in Northern Jordan: Some Archaeological and Historical Observations

|url= https://www.academia.edu/4062292

|access-date= 2018-05-26

|journal= Semitica

|volume= 55

|pages= 7–23

|isbn= 9782720011931

}} (near Ar Ramtha) {{Coord|32|29|59|N|36|00|53|E|type:city|display=inline}}

| = Ramoth (H7216)

|-

| רמת המצפה

| rmt (h)mṣph

| Ramath-Mizpeh, Ramath-Ha-Mizpeh

| {{Strong-number|H7434|H|7434}}

| Joshua 13:26

| 1

| Gad (east of Jordan)

| ? Sūf;{{rp|481–484}} Tell el-Maṣfā{{rp|481–484}}

|

|-

| הרקון

| (h)rqwn

| Rakkon, Ha-Rakkon

| {{Strong-number|H7542|H|7542}}

| Joshua 19:46

| 1

| Dan

|

|

|-

| רקם

| rqm

| Rekem

| {{Strong-number|H7552|H|7552}}

| Joshua 18:27

| 1

| Benjamin (group B; important cities: Gibeon, Ramah, Mizpeh, Jerusalem)

|

|

|-

| רקת

| rqt

| Rakkath

| {{Strong-number|H7557|H|7557}}

| Joshua 19:35

| 1

| Naphtali (a fortified city)

|

|

|-

| שבמה

| šbmh

| Sibmah

| {{Strong-number|H7643|H|7643}}

| Joshua 13:19

| 6

| Reuben (east of Jordan)

| ? Umm el-Qanafid{{rp|671}} {{coord|31|50|N|35|50|E|region:JO|display=inline}}

|

|-

| שבע

| šbʿ

| Sheba

| {{Strong-number|H7652|H|7652}}

| Joshua 19:2

| 1

| Simeon within Judah (listed alongside Moladah)

|

| = Shema (H8090) ?

|-

| שברים, השברים

| (h)šbrym

| Shebarim, Ha-Shebarim

| {{Strong-number|H7671|H|7671}}

| Joshua 7:5

| 1

| Benjamin?, Judah? (not very far from Ai, probably to the east of Ai)

|

|

|-

| שוכה

| šwkh

| Socoh [of Judah 1]

| {{Strong-number|H7755|H|7755}}

| Joshua 15:35

| 6

| Judah ("in the valley"; important cities: Eshtaol, Zoreah, Engannim, Tappuah, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh 1, Azekah)

| ? Khirbet esh-Shuwaikah/Shuweikeh{{rp|77}} + Khirbet 'Abbad{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last= Bromiley|editor-first= Geoffrey W.|editor-link= Geoffrey W. Bromiley|encyclopedia= The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia|title= Socoh; Soco |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6OJvO2jMCr8C&pg=PA559|access-date= 2018-06-16|year= 1995|publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|volume= 4|isbn= 9780802837844 |page= 559|url-access=limited}} {{Coord|31|40|55|N|34|58|26|E|type:city|display=inline}}; formerly identified with Tell Zakariya{{rp|77}} {{Coord|31|42|02|N|34|56|10|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|75}}

|

|-

| שוכה

| šwkh

| Socoh [of Judah 2]

| {{Strong-number|H7755|H|7755}}

| Joshua 15:48

| 1

| Judah ("in the mountains"; important cities: Debir, Goshen)

| ? Khirbet Shuweikeh {{Coord|31|24|13|N|35|00|18|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{cite map

|author1-last = Smith

|author1-first = George Adam

|author1-link = George Adam Smith

|author2-last = Bartholomew

|author2-first = John George

|author2-link = John George Bartholomew

|title = Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land

|map = Section VII - Beersheba and the Negeb

|map-url = https://archive.org/stream/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand-smith#page/n70/mode/1up

|year = 1915

|url = https://archive.org/details/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand

|scale = 1:253440

|publisher = Hodder & Stoughton

|pages = 27–28

|section = D2-3

}}

|

|-

| שונם

| šwnm

| Shunem

| {{Strong-number|H7766|H|7766}}

| Joshua 19:18

| 3

| Issachar

|

|

|-

| שחצומה, שחצימה

| šḥṣwmh, šḥṣymh

| Shahazimah

| {{Strong-number|H7831|H|7831}}

| Joshua 19:22

| 1

| Issachar

|

|

|-

| שטים, השטים

| (h)šṭym

| Shittim

| {{Strong-number|H7851|H|7851}}

| Joshua 2:1; 3:1

| 5

| ? (a place on the east side of the Jordan river, not far from Jericho)

| Tell el-Hammam{{rp|89–90}} {{coord|31.8402|35.6737|display=inline}}

|

|-

| שיאן

| šyʾn

| Shihon

| {{Strong-number|H7866|H|7866}}

| Joshua 19:19

| 1

| Issachar

|

|

|-

| שיחור

| šyḥwr

| Sihor

| {{Strong-number|H7883|H|7883}}

| Joshua 13:3

| 2

| ? (southern Canaan, "before the face of Egypt")

| ?{{cite web |url=https://bibelwissenschaft.de/stichwort/26605/ |title=Schihor |date=January 2021 |website=Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet (WiBiLex) |last=Theis |first=Christoffer |publisher=Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft |publication-place=Stuttgart |language=de }} Nahal Besor{{cite journal |title=The Shihor of Egypt and Shur that is Before Egypt |journal=Tel Aviv |last=Na’aman |first=Nadav |volume=7 |issue=1-2 |pages=95–109 |year=1980 |doi=10.1179/033443580788441125 |issn=0334-4355}} {{Coord|31|27|50|N|34|22|33|E|type:city|display=inline}}; a lake east of Qantara East and south-west of Pelusium{{cite journal |title=The Hebrew Exodus from and Jeremiah’s Eisodus into Egypt in the Light of Recent Archaeological and Geological Developments |journal=Tyndale Bulletin |last=Hoffmeier |first=James K. |volume=72 |issue=December |pages=73–95 |year=2021 |doi=10.53751/001c.32999 |doi-access=free}}{{rp|76}}

|

|-

| שיחור לבנח

| šyḥwr lbnḥ

| Shihor-libnath

| {{Strong-number|H7884|H|7884}}

| Joshua 19:26

| 1

| Asher (not far from Carmel)

|

|

|-

| שלה

| šlh

| Shiloh

| {{Strong-number|H7887|H|7887}}

| Joshua 18:1.8-10; 19:51; 21:2; 22:9.12

| 32

| ? Ephraim?

| Khirbet Seilun (near Shilo) {{Coord|32|03|21|N|35|17|23|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| שכם

| škm

| Shechem

| {{Strong-number|H7927|H|7927}}

| Joshua 17:7; 20:7; 21:21; 24:1.25.32

| 49 or 48

| Ephraim (not far from Michmethah, not far from the border between Ephraim and Manasseh?; a city of refuge; a levitical city; an Israelite meeting place at the end of Joshua's life)

| Tell Balata (in Balata) {{Coord|32|12|49|N|35|16|56|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| שכרונה

| škrwnh

| Shicron

| {{Strong-number|H7942|H|7942}}

| Joshua 15:11

| 1

| Judah (northern border, west or north-west of Ekron, not far from mount Baalah)

|

|

|-

| שלחים

| šlḥym

| Shilhim

| {{Strong-number|H7978|H|7978}}

| Joshua 15:32

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag; listed between Lebaoth and Ain, Rimmon)

|

| = Sharuhen (H8287, Simeon's) ?

|-

| שמיר

| šmyr

| Shamir

| {{Strong-number|H8069|H|8069}}

| Joshua 15:48

| 3

| Judah ("in the mountains"; important cities: Debir, Goshen)

|

|

|-

| שמע

| šmʿ

| Shema

| {{Strong-number|H8090|H|8090}}

| Joshua 15:26

| 1

| Judah (southwestern territory bordering Edom; group A, important cities: Beersheba, Hormah, Ziklag; listed alongside Moladah)

|

| = Sheba (H7652, Simeon's) ?

|-

| שמרון

| šmrwn

| Shimrom

| {{Strong-number|H8110|H|8110}}

| Joshua 11:1; 19:15

| 2

| Zebulun (not very far from Hazor, Madon and Achshaph)

| Tel Shimron {{Coord|32|42|13|N|35|12|50|E|display=inline}}

| = Shimron-Meron (H8112) ?

|-

| שמרון מראון

| šmrwn mrʾwn

| Shimron-Meron

| {{Strong-number|H8112|H|8112}}

| Joshua 12:20

| 1

| ? (the king of this city was defeated by Joshua)

|

| = Shimrom (H8110) ?

|-

| שעלבין

| šʿlbyn

| Shaalabbin

| {{Strong-number|H8169|H|8169}}

| Joshua 19:42

| 3

| Dan

| kibbutz Sha'alavim, former village Salbit{{cite book

|year= 2001

|orig-year= 1972

|author1-last= Negev |author1-first= Avraham

|author2-last= Gibson |author2-first= Shimon

|title= Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land

|location= New York, London

|publisher= The Continuum Publishing Group

|isbn= 9780826485717

|page= 458

}}

|

|-

| שורים

| šʿrym

| Shaaraim

| {{Strong-number|H8189|H|8189}}

| Joshua 15:36

| 3 or 2

| Judah ("in the valley"; important cities: Eshtaol, Zoreah, Engannim, Tappuah, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh 1, Azekah)

| ? Khirbet Qeiyafa{{cite journal |title=Khirbet Qeiyafa: Sha'arayimn |journal=The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures |last1=Garfinkel |first1=Yosef |volume=8 |last2=Ganor |first2=Saar |year=2008 |doi=10.5508/jhs.2008.v8.a22 |issn=1203-1542 |doi-access=free}}

|

|-

| שרוחן

| šrwḥn

| Sharuhen

| {{Strong-number|H8287|H|8287}}

| Joshua 19:6

| 1

| Simeon within Judah (listed between Beth-Lebaoth and Ain, Rimmon)

|

| = Shilhim (H7978) ?

|-

| לשרון

| lšrwn

| Lasharon

| {{Strong-number|H8289|H|8289}}

| Joshua 12:18

| 1?

| ? (the king of this city was defeated by Joshua)

|

|

|-

| שריד

| šryd

| Sarid

| {{Strong-number|H8301|H|8301}}

| Joshua 19:10.12

| 2

| Zebulun (Zebulun's border - south-western? corner)

| Tell Shadud{{cite book

|year= 2001

|orig-year= 1972

|author1-last= Negev |author1-first= Avraham

|author2-last= Gibson |author2-first= Shimon

|title= Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land

|location= New York, London

|publisher= The Continuum Publishing Group

|isbn= 9780826485717

|page= 451

}} just east of kibbutz Sarid {{Coord|32|39|42|N|35|14|0|E|display=inline}}

|

|-

| תאנת שלה

| tʾnt šlh

| Taanath-Shiloh

| {{Strong-number|H8387|H|8387}}

| Joshua 16:6

| 1

| Ephraim (Ephraim's eastern border, between the upper Beth-Horon, Michmethah and Janohah, Jericho)

| ? Khirbet Tana el-Foqa; Khirbet Tana et-Tahta{{cite book |title=The Manasseh Hill Country Survey Volume 6: The Eastern Samaria Shoulder, from Nahal Tirzah (Wadi Far'ah) to Ma'ale Ephraim Junction |last1=Bar |first1=Shay |publisher=BRILL |year=2021 |isbn=978-90-04-46323-3 |pages=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkwwEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA74 |last2=Zertal |first2=Adam}} {{Coord|32|09|09|N|35|23|44|E|display=inline}}

|

|-

| תבור

| tbwr

| Tabor

| {{Strong-number|H8396|H|8396}}

| Joshua 19:22

| 1 to 4

| Issachar

| ? Dabūrye{{rp|254}}

|

|-

| תמנה

| tmnh

| Timnah

| {{Strong-number|H8553|H|8553}}

| Joshua 15:10.57

| 11?

| Judah (important cities: Gibeah, Timnah; northern border, between Beth-Shemesh and Ekron)

| ? Tell el-Batashi{{cite book

|author1-last= Kelm

|author1-first= George L.

|author1-link= George L. Kelm

|author2-last= Mazar

|author2-first= Amihay

|author2-link= Amihai Mazar

|year= 1995

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xaB2FAGBXAMC&pg=PA4

|url-access= limited

|title= Timnah: A Biblical City in the Sorek Valley

|publisher= Eisenbrauns

|isbn= 9780931464973

|page= 4

}} {{Coord|31|47|05|N|34|54|40|E|type:city|display=inline}};{{cite journal

|author1-last= Kelm

|author1-first= George L.

|author1-link= George L. Kelm

|author2-last= Mazar

|author2-first= Amihai

|author2-link= Amihai Mazar

|year= 1982

|title= Three Seasons of Excavations at Tel Batash: Biblical Timnah

|journal= Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research

|volume= 248

|number= 248

|pages= 1–36

|doi= 10.2307/1356672

|jstor= 1356672

|s2cid= 164111158

}} formerly identified with Khirbet Tibneh {{Coord|31|44|40|N|34|56|03|E|type:city|display=inline}}?{{cite map

|author1-last = Smith

|author1-first = George Adam

|author1-link = George Adam Smith

|author2-last = Bartholomew

|author2-first = John George

|author2-link = John George Bartholomew

|title = Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land

|map = Section V. Samaria & Judaea

|map-url = https://archive.org/stream/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand-smith#page/n64/mode/1up

|year = 1915

|url = https://archive.org/details/AtlasOfTheHistoricalGeographyOfTheHolyLand

|scale = 1:253440

|publisher = Hodder & Stoughton

|pages = 23–4

|section = C5

}}{{cite book

|year= 1974

|author1-last= Miller |author1-first= J. Maxwell|author-link1=J. Maxwell Miller (biblical scholar)

|author2-last= Tucker |author2-first= Gene M.

|title= The Book of Joshua

|series= The Cambridge Bible Commentary on the New English Bible

|publisher= Cambridge University Press

|isbn= 9780521086165

|page= 200

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ARQ7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA200

|url-access= limited

}}

| = Thimnathah (H8553, Dan's) ?

|-

| תמנתה

| tmnth

| Thimnathah

| {{Strong-number|H8553|H|8553}}

| Joshua 19:43

| 1

| Dan

|

| = Timnah (H8553, Judah's) ?

|-

| תמנתסרח

| tmntsrḥ

| Timnathserah

| {{Strong-number|H8556|H|8556}}

| Joshua 19:50; 24:30

| 3

| Ephraim (Joshua's inheritance; on the north of the hill of Gaash)

| Khirbet Tibnah{{rp|198}} {{Coord|32|00|30|N|35|06|40|E|type:city|display=inline}}

|

|-

| תענך

| tʿnk

| Taanach

| {{Strong-number|H8590|H|8590}}

| Joshua 12:21; 17:11; 21:25

| 7

| Manasseh (west of Jordan, among Issachar and Asher; a levitical city)

| Tell Ta'annek/Tiinik{{cite journal

|last1= Lapp

|first1= Paul W.

|year= 1969

|title= The 1968 Excavations at Tell Ta'annek

|journal= Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research

|volume= 195

|number= 195

|pages= 2–49

|jstor= 1356432

|doi= 10.2307/1356432

|s2cid= 166843242

}} {{Coord|32|31|15|N|35|13|11|E|type:city|display=inline}}{{rp|509}}

|

|-

| תפוח

| tpwḥ

| Tappuah [of Judah]

| {{Strong-number|H8599|H|8599}}

| Joshua (12:17?;) 15:34

| 2 or 1

| Judah ("in the valley"; important cities: Eshtaol, Zoreah, Engannim, Tappuah, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh 1, Azekah)

|

|

|-

| תפוח

| tpwḥ

| Tappuah [of Ephraim]

| {{Strong-number|H8599|H|8599}}

| Joshua (12:17?;) 16:8; 17:8

| 4 or 3

| Ephraim (northern border of Ephraim, located between Ephraim and Manasseh's territories)

| Tell esh-Sheikh Abu-Zarad{{rp|13–14}}

| = En-Tappuah (H5887) ?

|-

| תראלה

| trʾlh

| Taralah

| {{Strong-number|H8634|H|8634}}

| Joshua 18:27

| 1

| Benjamin (group B; important cities: Gibeon, Ramah, Mizpeh, Jerusalem)

|

|

|-

| תרצה

| trṣh

| Tirzah

| {{Strong-number|H8656|H|8656}}

| Joshua 12:24

| 14

| ? (a king of this city was defeated by Joshua)

| ?{{cite book

|author1-last= Laughlin

|author1-first= John Charles Hugh

|year=2006

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dUB048ItN8AC

|url-access= limited

|title= Fifty Major Cities of the Bible: From Dan to Beersheba

|publisher= Routledge

|isbn= 9780415223157

}}{{rp|116}} Tell el-Far'ah (North){{cite journal

|last1= de Vaux

|first1= Roland

|author-link1= Roland de Vaux

|year= 1956

|title= The Excavations at Tell El-Far'ah and the Site of Ancient Tirzah

|journal= Palestine Exploration Quarterly

|volume= 88

|issue= 2

|pages= 125–140

|doi= 10.1179/peq.1956.88.2.125

}}{{cite journal

|last1= Finkelstein

|first1= Israel

|author-link1= Israel Finkelstein

|year= 2012

|title= Tell el-Far'ah (Tirzah) and the Early Days of the Northern Kingdom

|url= https://www.academia.edu/4062301

|access-date= 2018-05-29

|journal= Revue Biblique

|volume= 119

|number= 3

|pages= 331–346

|jstor= 44092170

}}{{cite book

|author1-last= Dever

|author1-first= William G.

|author1-link= William G. Dever

|year=2001

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6-VxwC5rQtwC

|url-access= limited

|title= What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?: What Archeology Can Tell Us About the Reality of Ancient Israel

|publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

|isbn= 9780802821263

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• List of biblical places
• List of biblical names
• List of minor biblical places
• List of modern names for biblical place names
• Amarna letters–localities and their rulers

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Category:Hebrew Bible cities

Cities

Category:Historical geography

Category:Land of Israel

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