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The Geography of
Palestine
By Jovito Moral– Feb 2023

CONTENTS
Palestine
The 8 Major Provinces
Phoenicia
Philip’s Tetrarchy
Galilee
Decapolis
Samaria
Judea
Perea
The Geography of Palestine
Idumea

The land of Jesus, what we call today
Palestine, stretched just 145 miles from north to
south (Dan to Beersheba), and anywhere from
25 to 85 miles from its western coast at the
Mediterranean sea to its eastern border.
This land is often referred to in Scriptures
as the Land of Israel, and in Jesus’ time it was
often called the Land of Canaan, the Promised
Land, or the Land of Judah.
The Greeks named it Palestine after the
Philistines who had inhabited the coastal area at
one time. Palestine is considered the Heart of
the Orient because it was here that most biblical
events took place. Today, it is known as the Land
of Israel.
Palestine

The 8 Major Provinces in Palestine
during the time of Jesus
1 3 5 7
2 4 6
Phoenicia
1. Tyre
2. Sidon
Galilee
1. Bethsaida 7. Mt.
Tabor
2. Chorazin 8. Nain
3. Cana 9. Nazareth
4. Capernaum
5. Gennesareth
Samaria
1. Sychar
2. Mt. Gerizim
Perea
1. Philadelphia
1. Gaulanitis
2. Batanea (Batanaea)
3. Trachonitis
4. Auranitis
5. Iturea
Decapolis
1. Gadara
Judea
1. Arimathea 6.
Gethsemane
2. Bethany 7. Golgotha
3. Bethlehem 8. Jericho
4. Dead Sea 9. Jerusalem
5. Emmaus 10. Qumran
11. River Jordan
8
Idumea
1. Beersheba

It is a region comprising Mount Lebanon and the
coastal area from Carmel along the Mediterranean. It
belonged to the province of Syria. Known as the Tyre and
Sidon in the Old Testament, it was included in the
Promised Land but never conquered (Jos. 13:4-6). Christ
visited it (Mt. 15:21) and Paul passed through it (Acts
15:3). The inhabitants were known for maritime
undertakings, famous for shipbuilding and dye raising.
The healing of the Canaanite (Syrophoenician)
woman’s daughter tormented by a demon took place in
this region (Mt. 15:21-22; Lk. 10:13-14). Jesus condemned
these cities along with Chorazin.
Phoenicia
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https://www.biblestudy.org/meaning-names/idumea.html

Important places in Phoenicia
Tyre Sido
n
Tyre
In New Testament times, Tyre was the
main seaport of the Roman province
of Syria and Phoenicia – a prosperous
city with pagan temples and twin
harbours built on either side of a small
island. Today Tyre is a depressed city
that suffered greatly during Lebanon's
civil war and Israel's subsequent
occupation of southern Lebanon. Tyre
appears several times in the Gospel
accounts. Jesus spent some time
ministering in the region of Tyre and
Sidon (Mat. 15:21). There he ministered
to the daughter of a Syrophoenecian
woman who was possessed by an evil
spirit (15:22-28; Mark 7:24-31)
Afterwards he compared the response
he had had in the cities of the Gentiles
with that in the towns of Galilee (Matt.
11:21-22; Luke 10:13-14, cf. Psalm 87:4)
and many people from that region
followed him (Mark 3:8; Luke 6:17).
Luke records a details of dispute
between Herod and the people of Tyre
and Sidon. It demonstrates that Tyre
was still dependent on Judea for its
food supply (Acts 12:20). Tyre still
remained a port (21:3, 7), if only a
Sidon
It was the first home of the Phoenicians
on the coast of Canaan, and from its
extensive commercial relations became a
"great" city (Joshua 11:8, 19:28). It was
the mother city of Tyre. Along with the
city of Tyre, Sidon was the most powerful
city state of ancient Phoenicia and first
manufactured the purple dye which
made Tyre famous and was so rare and
expensive that the color purple became
synonymous with royalty. It was there
that Jesus again demonstrated His
healing power and taught the principles
of the Kingdom of God – the concept that
the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
desires to rule in the hearts of all men.
These Gentile people were of Canaanite
descent and worshiped a number of
deities, including Ashtaroth, Baal,
Beelzebub, the chief god of Tyre, and
Eshmun (or Eshmoun), the Phoenician
god of healing who was considered to be
the “holy prince” of Sidon. Their
forefathers practiced child sacrifice and
often led the Israelites into sin. Now the
God of the Israelites was among them,
teaching them the principles of the
Kingdom of God with power and glory.
https://www.thebiblejourney.org/biblejourney1/5-jesuss-journeys-beyond-galilee/jesus-in-tyre-and-
sidon/
https://biblearchaeology.org/research/divided-kingdom/4180-the-biblical-cities-of-tyre-and-sidon

It designates the territories given by Herod the
Great to his son Philip.
The Herodian Tetrarchy was formed following
the death of Herod the Great in 4 BCE, when his
kingdom was divided between his sons Herod
Archelaus as ethnarch, Herod Antipas and Philip as
tetrarchs in inheritance while Herod's sister Salome I
shortly ruled a toparchy of Jamnia.
Judea, the major section of the tetrarchy, was
transformed by Rome in 6 CE, abolishing the rule of
Herod Archelaus, thus forming the Province of Judea by
joining together Judea proper, Samaria and Idumea.
With the death of Salome I in 10 CE, her domain was
also incorporated into the new Judaea province.
However, other parts of the Herodian Tetrarchy
continued to function under Herodians. Thus, Philip the
Tetrarch ruled Batanea, with Trachonitis, as well as
Auranitis until 34 CE (his domain later being
incorporated into the Province of Syria), while Herod

Important places in
01
Gaulanitis
During the Herodian dynasty, Gaulanitis was
inherited by Philip after Herod’s death, and
continued as a part of his tetrarchy from
4 B.C. until A.D. 34. Philip’s capital was
Bethsaida, rebuilt and renamed Bethsaida
Julias for the daughter of Augustus Ceasar.
Jesus traveled freely in this area (Mk. 6:45).
02
Batanea
In the 1st century BCE the land was acquired
by Herod the Great. He established a Jewish
community there of Jews from Babylon who
were brought to Batanaea for the purpose of
maintaining order against the banditry of the
Trachonites.Upon Herod's death in 4 BCE,
Batanaea passed to his son Philip as part of
his inheritance..
03
Tranchonitis
It is mentioned in Luke 3:1, as the name of the
tetrarchy of Philip, brother of Herod, tetrarch of
Galilee. In 23 b.c. Herod received the task of
pacifying the Batanea, Trachonitis and Auranitis,
unruly tribes to the NE of the Jordan and S of
Damascus. After his death in 4 b.c., the Emperor
Augustus divided Herod’s domain among his
three sons, of whom the third son, Herod Philip,
was granted this territory.
04
Auranitis
It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (Ezekiel
47:16-18) including the boundary area of the
Israelite northern kingdom at the time. The
country's most distinguished citizen is said to
have been the prophet Job. it marked the
traditional eastern border of Roman Syria.
It is referred to by Luke (Luk.3:1 )as subject
to Philip the tetrarch
05
Iturea
It is a district in the northeast of Israel,
forming, along with the adjacent territory of
Trachonitis. In the time of Christ, Iturea was
in the tetrarchy of Philip. It lay about
midway between the Sea of Galilee and
Damascus, but its limits are not well known.
Its inhabitants are said to have been skillful
archers and dexterous robbers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batanaea
https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Gaulanitis
https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/33904
https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/H/hauran.html
https://biblehub.com/topical/i/iturea.htm

The most northerly region of Palestine and the
most favored by nature. Among its flourishing towns
were Cana, Chorazin, Nazareth, Capernaum, Bethsaida
and Tiberias.
The population was predominantly Jewish, but
there was a noticeable Galilean dialect (Mt. 26:73)
The Galilean dialect was the form of Jewish Palestinian
Aramaic spoken by people in Galilee during the late Second
Temple period, for example at the time of Jesus and the
disciples, as distinct from a Judean dialect spoken
in Jerusalem. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilean_dialect)
The Galileans were very loyal to their religion
and nation, though regarded by the Judeans as
ignorant and lawless (Jn. 7:41; Mk. 14:70). Our Lord
reared in Galilee, he spent most of his time preaching
there, and all but one of his apostles were from Galilee.
Galilee

Bethsaida
1
Chorazin
2
Cana
3
Capernaum
4
Gennesareth
5
Important places found
in Galilee
Magdala
6
Mount Tabor
7
Nain
8
Nazareth
9
Sea of Galilee
10
Tiberias
11

Bethsaida – A fishing village, north of the Lake of Tiberius (Lk. 9:10) and the birthplace of
Peter, Andrew and Philip. Jesus cured a blind man in this town (Mk. 8:22-26).
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Chorazin – a town in Galilee about 2.5
miles north of Capernaum. Because it
remained unrepentant, Jesus denounced it
(Mt. 11:21; Lk. 10:13). In the ruins of the
local synagogue, archeologists found a
“Moses’ salt” (Mt. 23:2).
Cana – A village of Galilee, located north
of Nazareth, and the site of Jesus’ first
miracle (Jn. 2:1-11)

Capernaum – Little town located
northwest of Lake Tiberias which served as
headquarters for Jesus’ ministry in Galilee
(Mt. 4:13). He cured a paralytic man (Mk.
2:1ff) and the servant of a centurion (Mt.
Gennesareth – plain to the
northwest of the Sea of Tiberias. It gave its
name to a town close to Capernaum. Jesus
sojourned there for a long time (Mt. 14:34)

Magdala Small port on
the share of the Lake of
Tiberias; Mary Magdalene
was from this city (Lk. 8:2)
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Mount Tabor Tradition has placed the
Transfiguration of Jesus on this mountain (Lk. 9:28-36)

Nazareth – A town in Galilee, where
Jesus spent his early life (Mt. 2:23; Lk.2:39-
46) and the site of the annunciation of
Gabriel to Mary (Lk.1:26-38)
Nain – a city in Galilee where Jesus
raised to life a widow’s only son who was
being brought to burial (Lk. 7:11-16).
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Sea of Galilee – A lake which formed
the eastern boundary of Galilee. It was also
called the Lake of Gennesareth, from the
plain on its northwest corner (Lk. 5:1), and
the Sea of Tiberias, from the city of this
name, the residence of Herod Antipas (Jn.
6:1). The lake is about 13 miles long and 6
broad. Jesus performed three miracles here:
1) the miraculous catch of fish; 2) walking on
the water and 3) calming of storm. In the
shore, Jesus called Simon Peter.
Tiberias – A city in Galilee on the left
bank of the Sea of Galilee which is thus
called the Sea of Tiberias (Jn.6:1; 21:1)

A confederation of ten or more pagan cities,
each of which had its own suburban territory, lying
mostly east of Jordan, from Damascus on the north
almost to the region of the Dead Sea. Some of our
Lord’s followers were from Decapolis, and he himself
passed through its confines (Mk. 5:20; 7:31)
Gadara was the original capital of the league, but it
was replaced by Damascus. The cities participated in
the Decapolis as a means of mutual protection and
security against their Semitic neighbours. The league
was subject to the Roman governor of Syria, though
his authority was somewhat tenuous in eastern
Palestine. The cities of the Decapolis created a rich
Hellenistic. The league survived until the 2nd century
AD.
Decapolis
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Gadara – was an ancient Hellenistic city in
what is now Jordan, for a long time member
of the Decapolis city league. During the
Hellenistic and Roman periods, Gadara was a
center of Greek culture in the region,
considered one of its most Hellenized and
enjoying special political and religious status.
In 63 BC, when the Roman general
Pompey placed the region under Roman
control, rebuilt Gadara and made it one of the
semi-autonomous cities of the Roman
Decapolis, and a bulwark against Nabataean
expansion. But in 30 BC Augustus placed it
under the control of the Jewish king Herod.
Jesus performed his exorcism of the Gerasene
demoniac (Matthew 8.28-34; Mark 5.1-20;
Luke 8.26-39), frequently known as the
Miracle of the (Gadarene) Swine and the
exorcism of Legion.
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Capital of the kingdom of Israel, after the schism of
the ten Tribes, founded by Omri in 885 B.C. (1Kgs. 16:24),
and destroyed by Sargon in 721 B.C. (2Kgs 18:9-12).
It was rebuilt by Herod the great who named it
Sebaste in honor of Augustus who gave it to him. Philip
preached the Gospel there (Acts 8:5-9). The inhabitants of
Samaria were a mixed race, descended from intermarriage
of Israelites and Assyrian colonists. The enmity between
the Jews and Samaritans were so great that travelers
between Galilee and Judea often had to cross the Jordan
into Perea for safety.
In various uprisings, this race was almost
exterminated, and only a small remnant survives today. Our
Lord passed through their country more than once, and
preached and worked miracles among the people (lk. 9:51-
56). He spoke well of them (Lk. 10:30-37), defended them
(Lk. 9:51-56), and commanded that the gospel be preached
to them. This was done with access, and a
Samaria

Important places in Samaria
Sychar Mt. Gerizim
02
01

Sychar – Jesus conversed
with the Samaritan woman in
Jacob’s well (Jn. 4:5-42).
Mt. Gerizim – The center of Samaritan cult during the time
of Jesus. In religion, the Samaritans acknowledge the Pentateuch,
Joshua and Judges, but not the additional revelation or Jewish
traditional doctrine. They looked for Messiah who would teach all
truth (Jn. 4:25f). In practiced the worshipped the same God as the
Jews, and in such matters as Sabbaths and feasts, circumcision
and worship, they did not dissent. But though vying with the Jews
in the strict observance of the Mosaic regulations, they disowned
the Jerusalem temple and priesthood, The rival sanctuary of
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The most southern of the three districts
of Palestine west of Jordan. Together with
Samaria and Idumea, it formed the Roman
Province of Judea. The capital was Jerusalem,
but the sear of government of the Roman
procurator was Caesarea (Acts 23:33). Other
places within the confines of Judea were:
Arimathea, Bethany, Bethlehem, Bethpage,
Emmaus, and Jericho among others.
From its high, rocky plateau, it sloped
toward the east through the Judean desert and
toward the west through hills that led down to
the Philistine plain. This is the province where
Jesus was born and died. The inhabitants of this
region mostly belonged to the tribe of Judah
who returned from their exile.
Judea

Important places found in Judea
Arimathea
1
Bethany
2
Bethlehem
3
Dead Sea
4
Emmaus
5
Gethsemane
6
Golgotha
7
Jericho
8
Jerusalem
9
Qumran
10
River
Jordan
11

Arimathea – the native city of Joseph who
provided the sepulcher to bury the body of Jesus (Mt.
27:57-60).
Bethany – A village where Martha and Mary and
their brother Lazarus lived (Jn. 11:1). It is located
about two miles from Jerusalem(Jn. 11:8). Jesus spent
night in this town during his last week in Jerusalem
area (Mt. 21:17). He also dined in the house of Simon
the leper (Mk. 14:3). It is in Bethany where Jesus
raised Larazus from the dead (Jn. 11: 1-44).

Bethlehem – a little town located in
Judea, five miles to the south of
Jerusalem. It is the birthplace of David
and Jesus (Mt. 2;1; Lk. 2;4-15).
Dead Sea – In the Bible, it called the
Salt Sea (Gen. 14;3), East Sea (Ez. 47:18)
and Sea of Arabah (Dt. 3:7, 4:49) The sea
has no outlet, and so it is subject to
intense evaporation leaving the waters
with an unusually high percentage of
slats of magnesium, sodium and calcium.
Thus makes any water or marine life

Emmaus – a village situated about
twenty miles from Jerusalem. Two disciples
were on the way there when Jesus
appeared to them on the evening of the
resurrection
(Lk. 24:13-15).
Gethsemane – This word, which
signifies “oil press,” became the name for
the plantation of olive trees located
opposite the temple of Jerusalem, east of
the torrent of Kidron. This is the “Mount of
Olives,” scene of Christ’s of agony and
betrayal (Mt. 26:36-56).
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Golgotha – Aramaic word signifying
“skull place.” It was the name of a little hill
located northwest of the city of Jerusalem.
Those condemned were executed there,
and it was here that Jesus suffered
crucifixion (Mt. 27:33). The Latin rendering
of this word is Calvaria which is the origin
word “Calvary.”
Jericho – City of Palestine made
famous by Joshua’s victory (Jos. 6:1-20).
Jesus encountered Zaccheus there (Lk.
19:1-20) and situated his parable of the
Good Samaritan (Lk. 10:29-33).

Jerusalem – In Hebrew, Yerushalaim,
vision of peace. But the origin of the name
seems to Ursalim which signifies “foundation
of Salem,” a Canaanite divinity. The city was
conquered by David who made it his capital (2
Sam. 5-6). Destroyed in 586 B.C., it was rebuilt
by the Jews who returned from the exile in the
fifth centurybefore the Christian era ( 2Kgs.
25:1-21; Ez. 3-6). It was besieged and
destroyed for the second time by the emperor
Titus A.D.
At the time of Christ, Jerusalem was
the chief city of Palestine and the religious
center of Judaism. Situated on a plateau, its
walls looked down into deep ravines, the
Kidron on the east and the Valley of Himnon
on the south and the west. Within the walls,
the city was divided the Valley of the of the
Tyropoean, and sloped gradually toward the
southwest. Beyond its walls were fields,
gardens and places of burial. The Ephraim
Gate which opened here on the highway to

Qumran – According to the most common
opinion of scholars, the inhabitants of this place
were Essenes, who devoted their lives to writing
and preserving sacred texts. It is best known as the
place where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
Other scholars describe Qumran variously as a
manor house, a perfume manufacturing center and
even a tannery.

River Jordan – The foremost river of
Palestine is a 251-kilometre-long river in the Middle
East that flows roughly north to south through the
Sea of Galilee and on to the Dead Sea. The width
varies from 80-150 feet and the depth in summer
from 4 to 12 feet. The river is generally hidden by a
thick growth of willow. There were many fords
which allow passage from the one bank to the
other. (Jos. 2:7; Mt. 3:13). John the Baptist baptized
Jesus in this river (Mt. 3:13-17).

Josephus describes Perea as containing rough
desert in addition to land watered by springs where olives,
grapes, and palms were cultivated. The “length of Perea is
from Machaerus to Pella, and its breadth from
Philadelphia to Jordan; its northern parts are bounded by
Pella. . . . The land of Moab is its southern border, and its
eastern limits reach to Arabia, and Silbonitis, and besides
to Philadelphene and Gerasa” (Book III, chapter 3.3)..
In the New Testament, Perea was an area visited by
Christ, and many commentators speak of Jesus’ “Perean
ministry,” Matthew relates that Jesus “left Galilee and went
into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan.
Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.”
(Mt. 19:1)
John the Baptist also went to Perea during his
ministry. Evidently, he baptized people in Perea, since
Scripture indicates that he performed baptisms in the
Jordan at Bethany, a Perean city (John 1:28; 3:26; 10:40).
This Bethany is not to be confused with the city where
Martha and Mary lived, near Jerusalem. Perea is also
Perea

https://www.britannica.com/place/Amman
Philadelphia– the ancient Greek Philadelphia was
the capital and largest city of Jordan. It is the residence of
the king and the seat of government. The city is built on
rolling hills at the eastern boundary of the ʿAjlūn
Mountains. Historically known as Amman. It lies 25 mi (40
km) northeast of the Dead Sea.
It was conquered by Egypt’s Ptolemy II (Ptolemy
Philadelphus), who renamed it Philadelphia, a name it
retained through Roman times. Taken by the Arabs in
635 CE, it later went into decline and subsequently
disappeared.
Amman is Jordan’s chief commercial, financial,
and international trade centre. The royal palaces are to the
east; the Parliament is in the western section. Chief
industries include food and tobacco processing, cement
production, and the manufacture of textiles, paper
products, plastics, and aluminum utensils. Amman is
Jordan’s chief transportation centre: two highways lead
west toward Jerusalem, and one of the city’s main
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In the New Testament times, it’s a district to the
south and east of Judea occupied by the descendants of
the ancient Edomites (Mk. 3:8). It formed part of the
jurisdiction of Archelaus, and latter of the Roman
Province of Judea. Herod the Great belonged to a leading
Idumean family.
Idumea is the name given to the land controlled
by the descendants of Esau, Jacob's brother, known as
the Edomites (Genesis 25:30, 36:8). They, throughout
their history, would have a troubled relationship with
Israel. The Edomites who would come to populate
Idumea first lived in an area southeast, south and
southwest of the Dead Sea with their capital being
Bozrah. Sometime after Jerusalem's destruction in 586
B.C., however, the land they occupied was destroyed in
fulfillment of prophecy (Malachi 1:1 - 4). Seeking refuge,
the Edomites migrated west and settled in former Judean
territory roughly in and around the city of Hebron. The
area they controlled was eventually referred to as
Idumea

Beersheba – is at the southern tip
of Israel. It is the last piece of fertile land
before the forbidding Negev Desert.
Here, travelers in ancient times would water
their animals before they entered the blistering
heat of the desert. Beersheba in the south and
Dan in the north: these two cities stood at
either end of the land of the Bible.
It is the largest city in the Negev desert of
southern Israel. Often referred to as the
"Capital of the Negev", it is the center of the
fourth-most populous metropolitan area in
Israel, the eighth-most populous Israeli city
and the second-largest city in area
after Jerusalem. Three cities of Israel had
become religious centers and places of
pilgrimage: Bethel, Gilgal and Beersheba.
Beersheba is first mentioned as the site
where Abraham, founder of the Jewish people,
made a covenant with the Philistine king
Abimelech of Gerar (Genesis 21). Isaac and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba
https://www.britannica.com/place/Beersheba

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