Places in Zephaniah 2

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Places

Place Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map)
Ammon
Zeph 2:8, 2:9
  1. ruins at AmmanAmmon

Ashdod
Zeph 2:4
  1. panorama of Tel AshdodTel Ashdod

Ashkelon
Zeph 2:4, 2:7
  1. ruins at Tel AshkelonTel Ashkelon

Assyria
Zeph 2:13
  1. artifact from NinevehAssyria

Canaan
Zeph 2:5
  1. panorama of a region in Canaan from Mount TaborCanaan

Crete
Zeph 2:5
  1. shoreline panorama of CreteCrete

Ekron
Zeph 2:4
  1. ruins at Tel MiqneTel Miqne

Gaza
Zeph 2:4
  1. satellite view of the region around Tell HarubeTell Harube

Gomorrah
Zeph 2:9
  1. panorama of hills in the region south of the Lisanin the region south of the Lisan

  2. panorama of a region north of the Dead Seain the region north of the Dead Sea

  3. ruins at NumeiraNumeira

  4. ruins at Bab edh DhraBab edh Dhra

  5. satellite view of the region around Tall IktanuTall Iktanu

  6. satellite view of the region around Tall KafraynTall Kafrayn

Moab 1
Zeph 2:8, 2:9
  1. panorama of a wadi in Moab 1Moab 1

Nineveh
Zeph 2:13
  1. artifact from NinevehNineveh

Sodom
Zeph 2:9
  1. panorama of hills in the region south of the Lisanin the region south of the Lisan

  2. panorama of a region north of the Dead Seain the region north of the Dead Sea

  3. ruins at Bab edh DhraBab edh Dhra

  4. panorama of Tall el HammamTall el Hammam

  5. ruins at NumeiraNumeira

Image Credits

Berthold Werner, Yairapple, Hanay, Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), Bahnfrend, Jebulon, Bukvoed, Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019, Adeeb Atwan, Вячеслав Ребров, MyOlmec, Ana al'ain, Adeeb Atwan, Deg777

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.