Ararat
: a mountain, the surrounding land, & a kingdom in the area
(39° 42´, 44° 17´)
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 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´)
Ephraim
: the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel
(31° 57´, 35° 17´)
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´)
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´)
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
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´)
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´)
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 Minni
: a region of Armenia, around Lake Van (40° 35´, 44° 35´)
Nebuchadrezzar
: the king of Babylon who took Judah into exile Neriah
: father of Baruch, the scribe of Jeremiah
Pekod
: a small Aramaean tribe East of the Lower Tigris (IBD) (32° 32´, 44° 25´)
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 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´)
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´)
