Biblical Geography Made Easy Promised Land Map – Part 1 of 3

What do you need? blank 8-1/2 x 11 paper pencil straight edge What do you do? Fold the paper three times in each direction. Make your folds precise and your crease sharp! Unfold and smooth the paper. The crease lines are your guidelines for drawing the map. Up is north. N

RIVER Down the center of the Promised Land is a deep ditch which is part of the Rift Valley that stretches from Anatolia to East Africa. The ditch slopes from north to south At the bottom of the ditch is a river. 1 as you draw the JORDAN RIVER. Leave one square blank Jordan River

NATURAL BOUNDARIES 2 Draw a line to the left of the Jordan as shown. This is the coastline of the GREAT SEA. Draw a line to the right of the Jordan as shown. This is the edge of the ARABIAN DESERT. The Jordan, seacoast and desert edge combined to channel most movement north and south rather than east and west. Arabian Desert Great Sea (Mediterranean Sea)

INLAND SEAS 3 Find points on the Jordan River halfway up and down. Draw a circle where the creases on top intersect. This is the KINNERET. On the bottom draw an oval two squares tall. This is the SALT SEA. Between the Sea of Galilee and the fold above draw a small circle. Lake Huleh Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) Salt Sea (Sea of the Plain) (Dead Sea) This is LAKE HULEH.

STREAMS (EAST) into the Jordan just below the Sea of Galilee. This is the YARMUK. along the center crease. This is the JABBOK. into the Dead Sea’s center. This is the ARNON. into the Dead Sea bottom. This is the ZERED. Yarmuk Jabbok Arnon Zered All four streams flow east to west from the desert edge into the Jordan Valley. 4

STREAMS (WEST) +4 The BESOR. The YARKON. The KISHON. The LITANI. All four flow into the Great Sea on an angle SE to NW. Please note the crease lines. Note that the Litani flows south from the top edge of the map and then slices due west. Litani Besor Yarkon Kishon

PLAINS 5 Three plains skirted the sea west of the Jordan the ASHER plain the SHARON plain the PHILISTINE plain The other two plains reached inland the JEZREEL plain shaped like an arrowhead aimed at the sea the NEGEV, shaped like a figure-8 on its side Asher Plain Sharon Plain Philistine Plain Jezreel Plain Negev

UPLAND HOMELANDS 6 Israel settled in the western hill country of: JUDEA (Judah) SAMARIA (Ephraim) GALILEE Israel also settled on the higher eastern plateau: BASHAN GILEAD the MISHOR Judea Samaria Gal- ilee Bashan Gilead Mishor Judea’s upland was flanked on the west by the Shephelah Shephelah (low hills) Jeshimon (desert waste) and on the east by Jeshimon

Highland Homelands Plains Inland Seas Boundaries River REVIEW One Learning Categories 4+ 4 Streams

Highland Homelands Plains Streams Inland Seas Boundaries River Judea (Shephelah,Jeshimon) SamariaGalilee BashanGileadMishor AsherSharonPhilistine JezreelNegev YarmukJabbokArnonZered KinneretSalt Sea Lake Huleh Great Sea Arabian Desert Jordan REVIEW Two Learning what’s in the categories BesorYarkonKishonLitani

Homelands Plains Streams Inland Seas Boundaries River Judea (Shephelah,Jeshimon) Samaria Galilee Bashan Gilead Mishor Asher Sharon Philistine Jezreel Negev Yarmuk Jabbok Arnon Zered Kinneret Salt Sea Lake Huleh Great Sea Arabian Desert Jordan REVIEW Three Checking Besor Yarkon Kishon Litani

Biblical Geography Made Easy Promised Land Map – Part 2 of 3

HEATHEN NEIGHBORS 7 Relatives east and south: EDOMITES MOABITES AMMONITES To the west of the Jordan: PHILISTINES the seven nations of the CANAANITES ARAMEANS AMALEKITES Edom Moab Ammon Aram Amalek Philistia Canaan

Gaza Joppa Aphek Megiddo Hazor Damascus Rabbah Bozrah CITIES ON MAIN STREET 8 on the “Way of the Sea” GAZA JOPPA APHEK DAMASCUS RABBAH MEGIDDO HAZOR BOZRAH on the “King’s Highway” Way of the Sea King’s Highway

Dan Jezreel Shechem Shiloh Bethel Jerusalem Bethlehem Hebron Beersheba CITIES ON THE RIDGE ROAD 9 DAN JEZREEL SHECHEM BETHLEHEM HEBRON SHILOH BETHEL BEERSHEBA JERUSALEM from Dan to Beersheba: Ridge Road

9 8 7 Ridge Road Cities Main Street Cities Heathen Neighbors REVIEW One Learning Categories

9 8 7 Ridge Road Cities Main Street Cities Heathen Neighbors DanJezreelShechem ShilohBethelJerusalem HebronBeersheba GazaJoppaAphek Megiddo DamascusRabbahBozrah MoabAmmon AramAmalek Edom Philistines REVIEW Two Learning what’s in the categories Bethlehem Hazor Canaanites

Dan Jezreel Shechem Shiloh Bethel Jerusalem Bethlehem Hebron Beersheba Gaza Joppa Aphek Megiddo Hazor Damascus Rabbah Bozrah Edom Moab Ammon Aram Amalek Philistines Canaanites Ridge Road Cities Main Street Cities Heathen Neighbors REVIEW Three Checking

Biblical Geography Made Easy Promised Land Map – Part 3 of 3

MOUNTAINS 10 North LEBANON HERMON TABOR Jezreel EBAL & GERIZIM CARMEL MOREH MORIAH Hermon Zalmon Nebo Carmel Tabor Gilboa Ebal & Gerizim Moriah Lebanon Highlands East ZALMON NEBO GILBOA Moreh

OUT OF THE WAY OLD TESTAMENT PLACES 11 SIDON TYRE DOR BETHSHAN JABESH SAMARIA MAHANAIM JERICHO EKRON / TIMNAH GATH / LACHISH ENGEDI Sidon Tyre Dor Bethshan JabeshSamaria Mahanaim Jericho Ekron/Timnah Gath/Lachish Engedi

TRIBAL PORTIONS 12 East of the Jordan REUBEN GAD ½ MANASSEH J UDAH EPHRAIM ½ MANASSEH BENJAMIN SIMEON ZEBULUN ISSACHAR ASHER NAPHTALI DAN The blessing tribe The birthright tribes Those assigned by lot R G ½M½M J E ½M½M B S Z I A N D Aram Ammon Moab Edom D Note: Dan moved north without God’s approval. = extra inheritance (Sihon/Og) = promised inheritance in Canaan

Tribal Portions Out of the Way Places Mountains REVIEW One Learning Categories

Tribal Portions Out of the Way Places Mountains ReubenGad½ Manasseh JudahEphraim½ Manasseh Simeon Zebulun SidonTyreDor Bethshan Mahanaim Ekron/TimnahGath/Lachish Hermon Carmel TaborGilboa Lebanon Zalmon REVIEW Two Learning what’s in the categories Benjamin Jabesh Ebal & Gerizim IssacharAsherNaphtali Dan Samaria Engedi Nebo Moriah Moreh

Reuben Gad ½ Manasseh Judah Ephraim ½ Manasseh Benjamin Simeon Zebulun Issachar Asher Naphtali Dan Sidon Tyre Dor Bethshan Jabesh Samaria Mahanaim Ekron/Timnah Gath/Lachish Engedi Lebanon Hermon Carmel Tabor Moreh Gilboa Zalmon Nebo Ebal & Gerizim Moriah REVIEW Three Checking Tribal Portions Out of the Way Places Mountains