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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 of 33 cities the Israelites conquered

map of cities Joshua and the Israelites conquered in Canaan on both sides of the Jordan River

Map of 33 cities the Israelites conquered

Bible Book: Joshua Type: Maps Location: Achshaph, Adullam, Ai, Aijalon, Ammon, Aphek, Arad, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ashtaroth, Beersheba, Beth-horan, Beth-shemesh, Bethel, Bethlehem, Bezer, Canaan, Damascus, Dan, Dead Sea, Debir, Dor, Edom, Edrei, Eglon, Ekron, Gath, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Geder, Gibeon, Gilead, Goiim, Golan, Hebron, Hepher, Heshbon, Hormah, Israel, Jarmuth, Jericho, Jerusalem, Joppa, Jordan River, Judah, Kadesh Oasis, Lachish, Laish, Lasharon, Libnah, Madon, Makkedah, Masada, Mediterranean Sea, Mephaath, Merom Springs, Moab, Mount Ebal, Mount Gerizim, Mount Hermon, Mount Nebo, Mount Tabor, Negev, Ramoth in Gilead, Samaria the city, Sea of Galilee, Shechem, Shiloh, Shimron, Succoth, Tel Aviv, Timath-heres, Tirzah, Tob, Yarnon River, Zared Creek, Zorah Era: Conquering Canaan
Cities the Israelites conquered. 3d Map of 33 cities the Israelites conquered, led by Joshua during the conquest of the Promised Land.
Cities the Israelites conquered
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Pharaoh Shishak attacks Israel

Map of Pharaoh Shishak's campaign against Israel and Judah in 926 BC

Pharaoh Shishak attacks Israel

Bible Book: 1 Kings Type: Maps Location: Adam, Aijalon, Beth Horon, Gezer, Gibeon, Kiriath-jearim, Mahanaim, Pharaoh Shishak, Sheshonq, Shiloh, Socoho, Succoth, Tirzah Era: Heroes, kings

Pharaoh Shishak raids Judah, Israel

Egypt's ruler, Pharaoh Shishak, saw a chance to enrich his kingdom when King Solomon's Israel fell apart, collapsing into two competing nations. Shishak attacked scattered cities throughout both nations, Judah in the south and Israel in the north. Israel broke in half when Solomon's son and successor, Rehoboam, refused to lighten up on the forced labor and high taxes Solomon had imposed, to maintain his aggressive building projects. Instead, he threatened to get tougher. The northern tribes took a walk and never came back. Rehoboam was left ruling only his own tribe of Judah, in the south.

On the Bible's record

Bible writers report only that Shishak threatened Jerusalem and that Judah's king Rehoboam saved the city by emptying the Temple treasury and giving it to Shishak. This payoff convinced the Egyptian to go home. The story appears in 1 Kings 14:25-28 and in 2 Chronicles 12:2-12.
"During the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign, Egypt’s King Shishak  invaded and attacked Jerusalem. 26He stole everything of value from the Temple.  And he took the golden shields Solomon had made. Rehoboam replaced the shields, but he used bronze instead of gold. And he ordered the royal palace guards at the front door to keep them safe. Whenever the king went to the Temple, the guards who escorted him brought the shields with them. When they returned, they stored the shields in a guarded room." (1 Kings 14:25-28)
This could have been when the Israelites lost their most sacred relic, the chest with the stones of the Ten Commandments. The gold-covered chest is also known as the Ark of The Covenant. King Shishak, usually linked with Pharaoh Shoshenq I, allied himself with King Jeroboam of Israel instead of Rehoboam of Judah. Some of his war records were found, with lists of Judean cities he conquered. Jerusalem isn’t among them. Bible writers say he attacked with too many soldiers to count, a cavalry of 60,000, and a chariot corps of 1,200 (2 Chronicles 12).

On the Egyptian record

Egyptian records are more involved than the short snippet in the Bible. An ancient inscription on the Amon temple in the Egyptian city of Luxor reports a military campaign that took him throughout both nations of Judah and Israel. The inscription identifies many target cities by name.

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Pharaoh Shishak attacks Judah, Israel
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Tirzah to Shiloh

Map of the route from Tirzah to Shiloh

Tirzah to Shiloh

Bible Book: 1 Kings Type: Maps Location: Mt Gerizim, Mt. Ebal, Samaria, Shiloh, Tirzah Era: Heroes, kings

THE QUEEN’S SECRET MISSION

King Jeroboam’s son Abijah, got sick. The king told his wife, “I want you to disguise yourself and go to Shiloh. Find Ahijah, the prophet who predicted I would be king.  Take him some gifts: 10 loaves of bread, a few of those little sweet cakes, and a jug of honey. Then ask him about our son. He’ll tell you what’s going to happen.”

The queen and the prophet

Jeroboam’s wife went to Ahijah’s house in Shiloh. The prophet was old and blind by this time. But the LORD had told him, “Jeroboam’s wife will be coming to ask you about her son. He is sick. She will pretend she’s another woman. So, here’s what I want you to say.” And God gave him the message. Ahijah heard her footsteps when she stepped inside. He said, “Come on in. Jeroboam’s wife is welcome here. Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have some heavy news for you to carry home.

GOD’S MESSAGE FOR THE KING

Here’s what you need to tell Jeroboam. Tell him this message comes from the LORD, the God of Israel: ‘I picked you out of the vast crowd and made you leader of my people, Israel. I tore a huge part of the kingdom away from David’s family. His children weren’t like David, and neither are you. David obeyed the law. He stayed devoted to me with all his heart. He wanted nothing more than to please me. You’ve got more evil in you than all the evil people who ever lived. You invented your own gods, stuck them in a mold, and turned them into statues. You made me angry, and you made me your enemy. I’m going to toss you out like yesterday’s trash. No male under your roof will survive—sons or slaves, it won’t matter which. Your family dynasty will disappear like dried manure thrown into a fire. If your people die in the city, their bodies will feed the dogs. If they die in fields, birds will pick them apart.’

GOD’S MESSAGE FOR THE QUEEN

Now go back home to your family. When you step foot into the city, your son will die. Taken from 1 Kings 14:1-12

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