The intertestamental book of 1 Maccabees and some of the accounts of the Jewish historian Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews, Book XII) recount the early events of the Jewish struggle for independence from the Seleucids, led by Judas Maccabeus and his brothers. These events form some of the backdrop of the New Testament, including the […]
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Celebrating over 200 Maps and 20 Years!
Celebrate with us! At the end of 2024 we posted our 201st map for the Bible Mapper Atlas and finished cataloging over 70,000 freely available photos for over 650 ancient locations, bringing to completion 5 rewarding years of work. Now the start of 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of biblemapper.com and Bible Mapper software. So […]
Top 10 Bible Mapper Atlas Maps of 2024
Here are 10 of the best Bible Mapper Atlas maps released in 2024, based purely on the author’s personal opinion: 10. Sodom and Gomorrah Are Destroyed9. Hagar Flees from Sarai8. Hezekiah Strengthens Judah7. Nomadic Range of Ishmael’s Descendants6. The Covenant Is Renewed at Shechem5. Kadesh-Barnea and Its Surroundings4. Jacob Travels to Southern Canaan3. The Israelites […]
Paul Is Imprisoned for the Gospel
As the book of Acts attests, Paul was no stranger to imprisonment, and he catalogued his incarcerations among his many credentials of suffering that affirmed his legitimacy as an apostle to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 6:4-5). The first mention of Paul being imprisoned is when he and Silas were arrested in Philippi after exorcising a […]
Nebuchadnezzar’s Final Campaign against Judah
2 Kings 23:19-25:30; Jeremiah 39 The final collapse of the southern kingdom of Judah as an independent nation came at the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in 586 B.C. Judah had already become a vassal of Egypt in 609 B.C. when King Josiah was killed by Pharaoh Neco at Megiddo (see “Josiah Battles […]