Great Sea

approximate location

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 Salt Sea Salt Sea Negeb NEGEB Lebanon LEBANON Kanah Kanah Jordan Jordan Joppa Joppa Hamath Hamath Gaza Gaza Euphrates Euphrates Brook of Egypt Brook of Egypt Azmon Azmon Jerusalem Jerusalem Great Sea Great Sea 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 LEBANON · BROOK OF EGYPT · EUPHRATES · JORDAN AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Panorama of the Mediterranean Sea.

Panorama of the Mediterranean Sea.

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31 PASSAGES · 14 BOOKS

COORDINATES 31.8048, 34.1704

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