Biblical References
Simon the Tanner:
Acts 10:6 - “He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
Jonah:
Jonah 1:3 - “But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.”
Jezreel Valley:
Hosea 1:5 - “In that day I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.”
Megiddo:
2 Kings 23:30 - “Josiah’s servants brought his body in a chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.”
1 Chronicles 7:29 - “Along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.”
Armageddon:
Revelation 16:16 - “Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.”
Nazareth:
Matthew 2:23 - “And he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.”
Matthew 21:11 - “The crowds answered, “‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”’
Sea of Galilee:
Matthew 4:18 - “As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.”
Mark 7:31 - “Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.”
Capernaum:
Matthew 4:13 - “Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali.”
Mark 1:21 - “They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.”
Sermon on the Mount/Mount of Beatitudes:
Matthew 5 through 7 - “Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them. [The Beatitudes ] He said: ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven...”’
Jordan River:
Joshua 1:2 - “Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites.”
Matthew 3:6 - “Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.”
Caesarea Philippi:
Matthew 16:13 - “When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’”
Hazor:
Joshua 11:10 - “At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword.”
Jericho:
Numbers 31:12 - “And brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.”
Deuteronomy 32:49 - “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession.”
Jerusalem:
Matthew 23:37 - [Full Chapter]“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.”
2 Samuel 6:1 - [The Ark Brought to Jerusalem] “David again brought together all the able young men of Israel—thirty thousand.”
Boaz and Ruth:
Ruth 2 - [Ruth Meets Boaz in the Grain Field] “Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, ‘Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.’ Naomi said to her, ‘Go ahead, my daughter.’ So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.”
Temple Mount – Abraham to sacrifice Isaac:
Hebrews 11:17 - “By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son.”
King Hezekiah:
2 Kings 18:5 - “Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him.”
Golgotha:
Mark 15:22 - “They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means ‘the place of the skull’).”
Gethsemane:
Matthew 26:36 - “Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, ‘Sit here while I go over there and pray.’”
Kidron Valley:
1 Kings 2:37 - “The day you leave and cross the Kidron Valley, you can be sure you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”