Bethel
A town twelve miles north of Jerusalem. When Jacob traveled to his uncle Laban’s home in Haran, he camped for…
Places
Bethlehem
Best known as Jesus’s birthplace and the hometown of King David. The Old Testament prophet Micah predicted the Messiah would…
Caesarea
A city on the Mediterranean Sea named in honor of Caesar Augustus. It was about sixty-five miles northwest of Jerusalem.…
Caesarea Philippi
An ancient town in northern Israel where Herod the Great built a temple in honor of Augustus Caesar. Herod’s son,…
Calvary
The place where Jesus was crucified. The name comes from a Latin word, calvaria, meaning “skull.” In Aramaic, it is…
Cana
A village in Galilee mentioned several times in the gospel of John. While we don’t know its exact location, it…
Canaan/Canaanites
One of the old names for Palestine (now Israel); the land God promised to give to the descendants of Abraham.…
Capernaum
A large town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. Jesus made this town His headquarters during His…
Caves
Openings in the earth. In Israel, where the hills are largely limestone or chalk, some are large enough to be…
Cities of Refuge
A place where a person who killed someone by accident could run and avoid being put to death before a…
City
Ancient cities differ from modern cities. A city always had a high wall around it several feet thick and made…