Negeb

approximate location

Negeb in the Bible refers to the northern part of the modern Negev, north of the Wikidata point

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 Shephelah SHEPHELAH Gulloth-mayim Gulloth-mayim Great Sea Great Sea Euphrates Euphrates Edom EDOM Canaan CANAAN Brook of Egypt Brook of Egypt Beer-lahai-roi Beer-lahai-roi Arad Arad Arabah ARABAH Jerusalem Jerusalem Egypt EGYPT Negeb NEGEB 200 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 SHEPHELAH · CANAAN · GREAT SEA · JERUSALEM AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

Panorama of hills in the Negeb.

Panorama of hills in the Negeb.

PHOTO: ליאור גולגר CC BY 2.5 Wikimedia Commons

40 PASSAGES · 13 BOOKS

COORDINATES 31.2447, 34.8408

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ON WIKIDATA · Q162843