City of Palms
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Other places named City of Palms: City of Palms (Judges 1).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | another name for Jericho (high confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.872° N, 35.445° E |
| Mentioned in | 3 verses |
| First mention | Deuteronomy 34:3 |
City of Palms is a settlement named in 3 verses of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Jericho (high confidence; 2 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Jericho | high (94%) | 31.872° N, 35.445° E |
| another name for Tamar | very low (1%) | 30.809° N, 35.246° E |
| another name for Zoar | very low (1%) | 31.037° N, 35.488° E |
Verses
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 34:3And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
Judges
- Judges 3:13And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 28:15And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.