Amalek

approximate location

Kadesh-barnea is per Gen 14:7

Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Philistia PHILISTIA Moab MOAB Midian MIDIAN Jordan Jordan Great Sea Great Sea Gebal GEBAL ? Edom EDOM City of Palms City of Palms Asshur Asshur Ammon AMMON Egypt EGYPT Amalek AMALEK 100 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH AMMON · EAST · MIDIAN · PHILISTIA AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Panorama of a region in Amalek.

Panorama of a region in Amalek.

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