Places in the Bible Today:

Edom

Data

Translated NamesAram, Arameans, Desert of Edom, Edom, Edomite, Edomites, Esau, Idumea, Syria, Syrians, Wilderness of Edom
Typeregion
NotesBozrah was the one-time capital
Geo Data KML (for Google Earth)
GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

1 Identification

  1. Edom (ancient): very high confidence
    1. ruins at BuseiraEdom

Verses (111)

Gen-Deut (20)
Gen 32:3, 36:9, 36:16, 36:17, 36:20, 36:21, 36:31, 36:32, 36:40, 36:43
Exod 15:15
Num 20:14, 20:18, 20:20, 20:21, 20:23, 21:4, 24:18, 33:37, 34:3
Josh-Ruth (5)
Josh 15:1, 15:21
Judg 5:4, 11:17, 11:18
1Sam-Esth (35)
1Sam 14:47
2Sam 8:12, 8:13, 8:14
1Kgs 9:26, 11:1, 11:14, 11:15, 11:16, 22:47
2Kgs 3:8, 3:9, 3:12, 3:20, 3:26, 8:20, 8:21, 8:22, 14:7, 14:10, 16:6
1Chr 1:43, 1:51, 1:54, 18:11, 18:12, 18:13
2Chr 8:17, 20:2, 21:8, 21:9, 21:10, 25:19, 25:20, 28:17
Job-Mal (51)
Ps 60:1, 60:8, 60:9, 83:6, 108:9, 108:10, 137:7
Isa 11:14, 34:5, 34:6, 34:8, 34:9, 34:10, 34:11, 63:1
Jer 9:26, 25:21, 27:3, 40:11, 49:7, 49:8, 49:10, 49:14, 49:15, 49:17, 49:18, 49:19, 49:20, 49:21, 49:22
Lam 4:21, 4:22
Ezek 25:12, 25:13, 25:14, 32:29, 35:15, 36:5
Dan 11:41
Joel 3:19
Amos 1:6, 1:9, 1:11, 2:1, 9:12
Obad 1, 2, 6, 8, 18
Mal 1:4

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Biblemapper.com20023
Logos FactbookEdom
OpenBible.info (2007)Edom, Esau
OpenBible.infoa2735ff (Edom)
TIPNREsau@Gen.36.40
WikidataQ208475

Sources

  1. Atlas of the Biblical World (2019)
  2. Baker Book of Bible Charts, Maps, and Time Lines (2016)
  3. Biblemapper.com
  4. Carta Bible Atlas, 5th Edition (2011)
  5. ESV Bible Atlas (2010)
  6. HarperCollins Atlas of Bible History (2008)
  7. HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible (1991)
  8. Holman Bible Atlas (1999)
  9. New Bible Atlas (1985)
  10. New Moody Atlas of the Bible (2009)
  11. Oxford Bible Atlas, Fourth Edition (2007)
  12. Rand McNally Bible Atlas (1910)
  13. Rogerson, New Atlas of the Bible (1985)
  14. Rose Then and Now Bible Map Atlas (2013)
  15. Schlegel, Satellite Bible Atlas (2016)
  16. Smith, Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land (1894)
  17. Tübingen Bible Atlas (2001)
  18. Wikipedia: Edom
  19. Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010)

Image

ruins at Buseira
Credit: Uri (modified)

About

This page identifies the current consensus around the modern location of this biblical place.

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.