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List of modern names for biblical place names

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While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times[1][2][3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.[4][5] Most of these names have been handed down for thousands of years though their meaning was understood by only a few.

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Hebrew Bible or Old Testament

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  1. [N 1]
    Ashtaroth and Karnaim were two different cities that later combined to form Ashteroth-Karnaim.
  2. [N 2]
    There are two places called Kadesh in the Bible, this is the one in the wilderness of Paran.
  3. [N 3]
    There are two places called Kadesh in the Bible, this is the one in the wilderness of Zin.
  4. [N 4]
    Tentatively identified by Conder & Kitchener with the biblical city of Rabba (Josh. 15:60) because of their phonetic similarity, and which site is located in the territory given by lot to the tribe of Judah. Still, it is only a conjecture, without any valid oral tradition to substantiate the claim, or otherwise refute the claim.[160] Others have speculated that the Rabbah of Joshua 15:60 may be the town known as Rbt, an unidentified town believed to have been near the biblical Gezer and mentioned in Thutmosis III’s list of Canaanite cities (no. 105), and what is also thought to be mentioned in a cuneiform letter found at Taanach. According to two el-Amarna letters (289, 290) sent by the king of Jerusalem to the pharaoh, Milkilu, the king of Gezer, together with Shuwardata captured Rubutu with the aid of mercenaries.[161] The problem with this identification, however, is that no one has yet found a city near Gezer by the name of Rbt or Rubutu, and even if they had, Gezer - and by way of extension, Rabbah - would not be in the territorial domain of the tribe of Judah, but rather in what belonged to Ephraim (cf. Josh. 21:20–21). It was, therefore, imperative to look for the Rabbah in the tribal inheritance of Judah.
  5. [N 5]
    There are multiple places called Ramah in the Bible, this is the one in the territory of the tribe of Asher.
  6. [N 6]
    There are multiple places called Ramah in the Bible, this is the one in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.
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