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By Stephen M. Miller

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Bible maps make the Bible clearer

The Casual English Bible® maps tell Bible stories in a captivating way that engages even people who have never read the Bible. Lavishly detailed maps only make the stories of Jesus and others more compelling and easier to picture and to understand.

These 3D-style maps of Bible lands are created from blended high resolution satellite images, matched to precise elevation data from international space agencies.

How to search for maps

—Type “Galilee” into the Casual English Bible’s map search engine, below. Instantly, you’ll see dozens of beautiful maps…many in 3D style. Each one tracks with a different Bible story. These aren’t generic maps with a hundred place names.
—Type “Samson” into the Bible map search engine. You’ll see the tiny village where he lived in the Judean foothills below Jerusalem.
—Type “Corinthians” and you’ll see a gallery full of maps associated with Paul’s letters of 1, 2 Corinthians, to the church in Corinth, Greece.

3D sense of the lay of the land

Get a feel for the lay of the land:

—Ararat Mountains, where Noah’s boat ran aground. The Bible doesn’t say it was Mount Ararat.
—Judean hills where Joshua and the Israelites found most of their battles for the Promised Land. They avoided the plains, where their enemies with armored chariots had the advantage over Israel’s foot soldiers.
—Jesus’ 20-mile climb from Jericho and the Jordan River Valley upward half a mile high, to the crest of the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem.
—One surprise for some readers is the Jesus Triangle, a plug of ground between three cities. It’s where Jesus spent most of his ministry time. A person can walk that entire triangle in a single day. Type “Jesus triangle” to see it.

Map Exodus – Grumbling at “Pushy Complainers” Spring

Map of Exodus route

Map Exodus - Grumbling at "Pushy Complainers" Spring

Bible Book: Exodus, Deuteronomy Type: Maps Location: Canaan, Egypt, Elim oasis, Goshen, Kadesh Oasis, Marah Springs of Moses, Midian, Mount Sinai, Paran Desert, Rameses, Rephidim, Shur Wilderness, Sin Desert, Succoth, Zin Desert Era: Conquering Canaan, Exodus
Map route of Exodus. Grumbling at "Pushy Complainers" Spring
Grumbling at "Pushy Complainers" Spring
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Abraham travels: On the road again

map of Abraham's travels copyright Stephen M. Miller

Abraham travels: On the road again

Bible Book: Genesis Type: Maps Location: Beersheba, Canaan, Egypt, Hebron, Kadesh Oasis, Negev, Nile River, Paran Desert Era: Israel’s founding fathers

Abraham on the road again

Abram, later known as Abraham, is an important figure in the Bible. His travels are detailed in several stories throughout the Old Testament. The Casual English Bible tells of his journey with a focus on the significant moments.

The trip begins

Abram's journey begins in Ur of the Chaldeans, where God calls him to leave his home and travel to a land that God would show him. Abram shows great faith in God and leaves his home with his wife, Sarah, and his nephew, Lot.
The group travels through Haran, today's Turkey, where they settle for a while. Eventually, God tells Abram to continue his journey to Canaan, which is the land that he has promised to Abram's descendants. Canaan is what is now Israel and Palestinian Territories.

From Canaan to Egypt

When they arrive in Canaan, God appears to Abram and tells him that he will give this land to his descendants, and Abram builds an altar to the Lord.
Soon after, a famine forces Abram to leave Canaan and travel to Egypt. He tells his wife Sarah to say that she is his sister, to avoid any danger. He was afraid someone would kill him to steal his beautiful wife...who was at least 66 years old. That's according to Who's Who & Where's Where in the Bible, by Stephen M. Miller. The Egyptian Pharaoh takes Sarah into his palace, but God intervenes and plagues the Pharaoh's household. Pharaoh realizes that Sarah is Abram's wife and returns her to him.

Back to Canaan

Abram continues his travels through Canaan, and he and Lot separate due to a dispute over grazing land. Lot chooses the lush Jordan valley, while Abram settles in the land of Canaan.  Arabs say Abraham is their father as well. They hold him in high esteem as a prophet.
Throughout his travels, Abram remains devoted to God and builds altars to honor him. People remember him today for his jaw-dropping faith and for becoming the father of the Jewish people.
His stories appear in Genesis 12-25.
Abraham on the road again
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Bible map of Judah and Edom

Bible map of Judah and Edom

Bible map of Judah and Edom

Bible Book: Habakkuk Type: Maps Location: Ammon, Arad, Arnon River, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beersheba, Bozrah, Caesarea, Capernaum, Cushan, Damascus, Dan, Edom, Ekron, Gath, Gaza, Gilead, Hazor, Hebron, Israel, Jerusalem, Jezreel Valley, Joppa, Judah, King's Highway, Lachish, Megiddo, Midian, Moab, Mount Hermon, Mount Seir, Mt. Carmel, Negev, Paran Desert, Petra, Phoenicia, Samaria, Shechem, Shiloh, Sidon, Tel Aviv, Timnah, Tyre, West Bank, Zered River, Zorah Era: Heroes, kings, Prophets, Jews exiled
Bible map of Judah, Edom, Paran Desert, King's Highway in the time of King Josiah, after Assyrians erased Israel from the political map.
Judah, Edom, Paran Desert, King's Highway
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Solomon’s wives on the map

3D bible map of King Solomon's wives. Casual English Bible

Solomon's wives on the map

Bible Book: 1 Kings Type: Maps Location: Ammon, Crete, Damascus, Edom, Ephraim hills, Jordan, Jordan River, Moab, Paran Desert, Shiloh, Sidon, Solomon Era: Heroes, kings

SOLOMON MARRIES IDOL-LOVING WOMEN

Putting Solomon's wives on the map: King Solomon loved women. He loved his Egyptian wife, the daughter of Pharaoh. But he loved hundreds of other women, too. He married many women who weren’t Israelites. He married women from the nations of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, as well as Hittites. These are the same nations the LORD told people in Israel to avoid. He said, “Don’t marry them. If you do, they’ll convince you to worship their gods.” But Solomon loved who he loved.

Solomon's harem

Solomon married 700 princesses and 300 concubines. Dramatically outnumbered, Solomon lost the battle of the gods to his foreign wives. They turned him away from the LORD. By the time Solomon grew into an old man, his wives had completely eroded his devotion to the LORD. Solomon’s father, David, had stayed true to God. Solomon did not. He worshiped other gods. Solomon worshiped Astarte,  goddess of Sidon. And he worshiped Milcom, the disgusting filth of a god that the people of Ammon worship. Solomon got it wrong. His father David got it right; he obeyed the LORD. But Solomon decided not to obey God.

Pagan gods in Israel's hills

Solomon built a hilltop shrine for worshiping Chemosh, god of Moab. And on the Mount of Olives, the ridge of hills east of Jerusalem, he built a shrine to worship Molech, another repulsive god of Ammon. He built similar places of worship for all his foreign wives, so they could continue worshiping their own gods by burning incense and offering sacrifices. The LORD was furious with Solomon. The LORD had already appeared to Solomon twice and talked with him. Yet the king still decided to reject his own God, the God of Israel. Solomon did that even though God had personally told him not to worship other gods.  (1 Kings 11:1-10, Casual English Bible) For features about the Bible Stephen M. Miller's website & YouTube channel  
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