Jeremiah 48:1--51:64

Ai : a town of Canaanites in Benjamin
(31° 55´, 35° 15´); (31° 48´, 35° 48´); (31° 55´, 35° 15´); (31° 55´, 35° 15´)

Ammonites : the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon
(31° 57´, 35° 55´)

Ararat : a mountain, the surrounding land, & a kingdom in the area
(39° 42´, 44° 17´)

Arnon : a river forming the southern border of Ammon east of the Dead Sea
(31° 25´, 35° 40´)

Aroer : a town by the Wadi Arnon on the border of Reuben and Gad,a town in the desert of Judah
(31° 28´, 35° 49´); (31° 57´, 35° 54´); (31° 8´, 34° 59´)

Arpad : a town of Syria 40 km north of Aleppo & 100 km east of the Great Sea
(35° 8´, 36° 44´)

Ashkenaz : son of Gomer son of Japheth son of Noah,a people of the northern shore of the Black Sea
(40° 35´, 44° 35´)

Assyria : a member of the nation of Assyria
(36° 21´, 43° 9´); (36° 21´, 43° 9´)

Babylon : a country of Babylon in lower Mesopotamia
(32° 32´, 44° 25´); (32° 32´, 44° 25´); (32° 32´, 44° 25´); (30° 57´, 46° 6´)

Bashan : a region east of Lake Galilee between Mt. Hermon and Wadi Yarmuk
(32° 48´, 35° 56´)

Bel : a pagan god of the Babylonians

Ben-hadad : king of Syria during the time of King Asa of Judah,king of Syria during the time of King Ahab of Israel,king of Syria during the time of King Amaziah of Judah;,a title for Syrian kings when Babylon was rising to power

Ben-Hadad : king of Syria during the time of King Asa of Judah,king of Syria during the time of King Ahab of Israel,king of Syria during the time of King Amaziah of Judah;,a title for Syrian kings when Babylon was rising to power

Beth-diblathaim : a town of Moab
(31° 29´, 35° 46´)

Beth-Diblathaim : a town of Moab
(31° 29´, 35° 46´)

Beth-Gamul : a town of Moab a few miles NE of Aroer (OS)
(31° 31´, 35° 50´)

Beth-gamul : a town of Moab a few miles NE of Aroer (OS)
(31° 31´, 35° 50´)

Beth-meon : a town of Reuben, east of the Jordan
(31° 40´, 35° 44´); (31° 40´, 35° 44´); (31° 40´, 35° 44´)

Beth-Meon : a town of Reuben, east of the Jordan
(31° 40´, 35° 44´); (31° 40´, 35° 44´); (31° 40´, 35° 44´)

Bethel : a town of Benjamin bordering Ephraim 18 km north of Jerusalem
(31° 55´, 35° 13´); (32° 2´, 35° 44´)

Bozrah : a town of Edom,a town of Moab
(30° 44´, 35° 36´); (32° 30´, 36° 29´)

Carmel : a woman resident of the town of Carmel
(31° 25´, 35° 7´)

Chaldea : a region in lower Mesopotamia where the Chaldaeans lived
(32° 32´, 44° 25´); (32° 32´, 44° 25´); (32° 32´, 44° 25´); (30° 57´, 46° 6´)

Chemosh : a pagan god; the national god of Moab

Damascus : a city-state in Syria, located near Mt. Hermon at the edge of the Syrian desert (OS),a town near Mt. Hermon at the edge of the Syrian desert (OS)
(33° 31´, 36° 18´)

Dedan : an island off the southwest coast of Asia Minor in the Mediterranean Sea,an island on the south coast of Turkey, 170 km NE of Crete
(26° 37´, 37° 55´); (36° 26´, 28° 13´)

Dibon : a town in Moab near where Israel encamped,a town in the Negeb of southeastern Judah
(31° 29´, 35° 46´); (31° 11´, 34° 58´); (31° 11´, 34° 58´)

Edom : resident(s) of the region of Edom
(34° 50´, 39° 7´); (33° 12´, 36° 30´); (35° 5´, 42° 0´); (30° 44´, 35° 36´); (32° 32´, 44° 25´); (33° 31´, 36° 18´)

Eglath-Shelishiya : a town of Moab

Elam : son of Shem son of Noah,a country east of the Tigris and Babylon in the territory of Media,son of Shashak of Benjamin,son of Meshelemiah; a Levite gatekeeper,a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon; Elam I,forefather of exile returnees with Zerubbabel; Elam II,forefather of returnees headed by Jeshaiah,forefather of Shecaniah who had to put away his heathen wife,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law,a priest who helped Nehemiah dedicate the new wall of Jerusalem
(32° 11´, 48° 15´)

Elealeh : a town on the east side of Jordan
(31° 48´, 35° 49´)

Ephraim : the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel
(31° 57´, 35° 17´)

Esau : a son of Isaac and Rebekah,son of Isaac & Rebekah; Jacob's elder twin brother,a people (and nation) descended from Esau, Jacob's brother
(30° 44´, 35° 36´)

Euphrates : a large river which joins the Tigris river before flowing into the Persian Gulf,a river flowing from eastern Turkey to the Persian Gulf
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (35° 5´, 40° 25´); (33° 14´, 33° 28´)

Gad : the tribe of Israel descended from Gad, the son of Jacob,the man; the son of Jacob and Zilpah,the tribe of Gad in Israel,a prophet and long time advisor to King David

Gilead : a mountainous region east of the Jordan & north of the Arnon to Hermon,son of Machir son of Manasseh; founder of the clan of Gilead,father of Jephthah the judge,son of Michael of the tribe of Gad
(32° 2´, 35° 43´)

Gomorrah : an ancient city known for its sin whose ruins are said to be visible from the Masada,a town destroyed with Sodom by burning sulphur
(31° 9´, 35° 28´)

hamath : a town of Syria on the Orontes between Aleppo and Damascus (OS)
(35° 8´, 36° 44´); (33° 7´, 35° 9´); (35° 8´, 36° 44´); (34° 18´, 36° 55´)

Hamath : a town of unknown location
(35° 8´, 36° 44´); (33° 7´, 35° 9´); (35° 8´, 36° 44´); (34° 18´, 36° 55´)

Hazor : a town 15 km north of Chinnereth, the NW shore of Galilee,a town of south-eastern Judah,a town of south-eastern Judah 20 km south of Hebron (OS),a town of Ephraim 25 km north of Jerusalem,a collective name for some semi-namadic Arabs as distinct from the bedoin of the desert (OS)
(33° 1´, 35° 34´); (30° 41´, 34° 29´); (31° 9´, 35° 3´); (31° 49´, 35° 12´); (31° 9´, 35° 3´)

Heshbon : a town of south-eastern Judah
(31° 48´, 35° 48´); (31° 12´, 34° 56´)

Holon : a town and plain in the hill country of Judah,a town of highland Judah 16 km NNW of Hebron (OS)
(31° 34´, 34° 57´); (31° 30´, 35° 55´)

Horonaim : a town and the road to it
(31° 17´, 35° 30´)

Israel : a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

Jacob : the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation

Jahaz : a town of Reuben given to the Merarites
(31° 30´, 35° 55´); (31° 30´, 35° 55´)

Jahzah : a town of Reuben given to the Merarites
(31° 30´, 35° 55´); (31° 30´, 35° 55´)

Jazer : a town on the east side of the Jordan
(31° 56´, 35° 43´)

Jeremiah : a prophet of Judah in 627 B.C., who wrote the book of Jeremiah,a man of Libnah; father of Hamutal, mother of Jehoahaz, king of Judah,head of an important clan in eastern Manasseh in the time of Jotham,a Benjamite man who defected to David at Ziklag,the fifth of Saul's Gadite officers who defected to David in the wilderness,the tenth of Saul's Gadite officers who defected to David in the wilderness,a man from Anathoth of Benjamin; son of Hilkiah the priest; a major prophet in the time of the exile,an influential priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel, who later signed the covenant to obey the law, and who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,one of Saul's Gadite officers who defected to David in the wilderness

Jerusalem : the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Jordan : the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)
(32° 18´, 35° 33´)

Judah : the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Kedar : son of Ishmael son of Abraham and Hagar,a people descended from Ishmael's son Kedar
(27° 23´, 37° 42´)

Kerioth : a town of Moab
(31° 35´, 35° 42´)

Kir-heres : a town of Moab 20 km east of the southern end of the Dead Sea
(31° 10´, 35° 42´)

Kir-Heres : a town of Moab 20 km east of the southern end of the Dead Sea
(31° 10´, 35° 42´)

Kiriathaim : a town probably on the south slope of Mt. Nebo, 18 km east of the mouth of the Jordan River (SMM),a town of Naphtali near Kedesh assigned to the Gershonites
(31° 35´, 35° 42´); (33° 7´, 35° 9´)

Luhith : a place in Moab where the people fled from the Babylonians (IBD).
(31° 17´, 35° 30´)

Madmen : a town of Moab, probably 10 or 15 km north of Kir-Hareseth (SMM)
(31° 29´, 35° 46´)

Mahseiah : grandfather of Baruch, secretary of Jeremiah

Medes : the inhabitants of Media, a region south and southwest of the Caspian Sea in the Zagros mountains,a people and a nation
(34° 47´, 48° 30´)

Mepha-Ath : a town of Reuben given to the Merarites
(31° 51´, 35° 56´)

Merathaim : the region around the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
(32° 32´, 44° 25´)

Merodach : a pagan god; chief god of the Babylonians

Milcom : a pagan god, the national deity of the Ammonites (IBD)

Minni : a region of Armenia, around Lake Van
(40° 35´, 44° 35´)

Moab : resident(s) of the country of Moab
(31° 29´, 35° 46´)

Nebo : a town in Moab (on the east side of the Jordan),a mountain in Reuben, 15 km east of the mouth of the Jordan River,a town in Judah (IBD).,the Babylonian deity Nabu, son of Bel (Marduk),the forefather of some men who put away their heathen wives
(31° 44´, 35° 44´); (31° 36´, 35° 2´)

Nebuchadrezzar : the king of Babylon who took Judah into exile

Neriah : father of Baruch, the scribe of Jeremiah

Nimrim : a spring or springs in Moab (ZD)
(31° 7´, 35° 31´)

Pekod : a small Aramaean tribe East of the Lower Tigris (IBD)
(32° 32´, 44° 25´)

Rabbah : a town; the capital of the nation of Ammon. It is now called Amman, the capital of Jordan.,a town in the hill country of Judah
(31° 57´, 35° 55´)

Red Sea : the ocean between Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula,the sea between Egypt and Arabia
(33° 14´, 33° 28´); (30° 5´, 31° 13´); (27° 5´, 34° 46´); (31° 32´, 35° 28´); (27° 5´, 34° 46´); (31° 32´, 35° 28´); (31° 1´, 33° 51´)

sea : the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea
(33° 14´, 33° 28´); (30° 5´, 31° 13´); (27° 5´, 34° 46´); (31° 32´, 35° 28´); (27° 5´, 34° 46´); (31° 32´, 35° 28´); (31° 1´, 33° 51´)

Seraiah : secretary of King David,a high priest; son of Azariah III,son of Tanhumeth; a militia leader who rallied to Gedaliah,son of Kenaz son of Jephunneh of Judah,son of Asiel; ancestor of a large influential family of Simeon,priest leader of some who returned from exile with Zerubbabel,son of Hilkiah; head of the priestly clan of Immer in Jerusalem,son of Azriel; a prince in the time of Jehoiakim,son of Neriah; quartermaster deported to Babylon with Zedekiah

Sibmah : a town of Reuben near Heshbon
(31° 48´, 35° 46´); (31° 48´, 35° 46´)

Sihon : the king of the Amorites in Moses time

Sodom : an ancient town somewhere in the region of the Dead Sea that God destroyed with burning sulphur,a town 25 km south of Gomorrah and Masada
(31° 11´, 35° 23´)

Teman : son of Eliphaz son of Esau,a chief of Edom,a town or region of Edom
(30° 12´, 35° 43´)

Zedekiah : son of Chenaanah; a false prophet in the kingdom of King Ahab,son of King Josiah; made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar,son of King Jehoiachin,a signer of the covenant to obey the law with Nehemiah,son of Maaseiah; a false prophet in the time of King Jehoiachin,son of Hananiah; a prince of Judah in the time of Jehoiakim

Zion : one of the hills on which Jerusalem was built; the temple area; the city of Jerusalem; God's people,a town and citidel; an ancient part of Jerusalem
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Zoar : a town at the south end of the Dead Sea
(30° 55´, 35° 25´)