Places in Ezra 4

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Places

Place Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map)
Assyria
Ezra 4:2
  1. artifact from NinevehAssyria

Babylon 1
Ezra 4:9, 4:12
  1. Ishtar gate from BabylonBabylon

Beyond the River
Ezra 4:10, 4:11, 3 more
  1. panorama of hills in the province Beyond the RiverBeyond the River

Elam
Ezra 4:9
  1. ruins at ShushElam

Erech
Ezra 4:9
  1. ruins at UrukUruk

Jerusalem
Ezra 4:6, 4:8, 5 more
  1. aerial cityscape of JerusalemJerusalem

Persia
Ezra 4:3, 4:5, 3 more
  1. panorama of ruins at Persepolis in PersiaPersia

Samaria 1
Ezra 4:10, 4:17
  1. ruins at SamariaSamaria

Susa
Ezra 4:9
  1. ruins at ShushShush

Image Credits

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), Radomir Vrbovsky, Bazminbaz, Carole Raddato, SAC Andy Holmes (RAF), Godot13, Hadis Faghiri, Ovedc

About

This page attempts to identify all possible locations for every place mentioned in this chapter of the Bible.

The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is. Because many ancient regions aren't precisely defined, I consulted atlases to determine where the biblical region is located and used that data to build the isobands. The smaller isobands reflect more confidence that the given isoband is in the region, while the larger isobands reflect less confidence. Isobands are a kind of contour line that here indicate confidence levels.