A Visit With Jesus

 Biblical Kingdoms and Territories

Explore the kingdoms, city-states, and peoples whose histories intersected with Israel and the Bible.

Illustration of Bashan (Kingdom of Og)

Bashan (Kingdom of Og)

kingdom

Bashan was the northern Transjordanian territory ruled, according to the Bible, by King Og, whose defeat preceded the Israelite settlement east of the Jordan.

Illustration of Heshbon (Kingdom of Sihon)

Heshbon (Kingdom of Sihon)

kingdom

The Bible describes Sihon as an Amorite king ruling from Heshbon east of the Jordan. His refusal to allow Israel to pass through his land led to a battle at Jahaz and the loss of his kingdom.

Illustration of Hazor (Canaanite Kingdom)

Hazor (Canaanite Kingdom)

city state kingdom

A powerful Canaanite city-state remembered in Joshua and Judges and independently attested in ancient diplomatic texts.

Illustration of Jebusite Jerusalem

Jebusite Jerusalem

city state kingdom

Jerusalem was a Canaanite hill-country city before David made it the capital of his kingdom. The Bible identifies its pre-Davidic inhabitants as Jebusites.

Illustration of Iturea

Iturea

regional territory

A people and changing principality north of Galilee, connected with the Hasmoneans, Herodian rulers, and the political setting described in Luke 3:1.

Illustration of Chalcis (Chalcis sub Libanum)

Chalcis (Chalcis sub Libanum)

client kingdom

A small but politically significant kingdom in the Lebanon region, connected with the Iturean rulers and later the Herodian family. Its rulers had important ties to Jerusalem during the first century AD.