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South

South (Biblical Place • Ancient Near East): Ancient biblical location referenced in Zech 7:7 , Matt 12:42 , Luke 11:31 . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Divided Kingdom of Israel and Judah —After the death of Solomon , the monarchy split under Rehoboam and Jeroboam ( 1 Kings 12 ) into the northern Kingdom of Israel (centered at Samaria ) and the southern Kingdom of Judah (ruled by the Davidic line in Jerusalem ).

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Kohath (Generation 24 • Child of Levi ): ( Genesis 46:11 , Exodus 6:16 , Numbers 3:17 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 , 6:1 , 6:16 ) The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle ( Numbers 3:29 ). (mentioned in Genesis 46 , Exodus 6 , Numbers 3 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include South (Ancient biblical location referenced in Zech 7:7 , Matt 12:42 , Luke 11:31 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Ziggurat of Ur — Three-tiered stepped mudbrick and baked-brick ziggurat erected by King Ur-Nammu at Ur in southern Mesopotamia , featuring three converging monumental staircases ascending toward a summit shrine—illustrating the monumental Mesopotamian temple-tower architecture behind Genesis 11 . Golden Lampstand ( Menorah ) — Seven-branched lampstand hammered from a single talent of pure gold with almond-blossom cups, capitals, and flowers, placed on the south side of the Holy Place to give continual light.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Ezekiel 47:19 : "And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh , the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward."; Ezekiel 20:46 : "Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;"; Exodus 36:23 : "And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 13 ( Genesis • Chapter 13 (18 verses)), Judges 1 ( Judges • Chapter 1 (36 verses)), Genesis 20 ( Genesis • Chapter 20 (18 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

South
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Biblical Place • Ancient Near East

Ancient biblical location referenced in Zech 7:7 , Matt 12:42 , Luke 11:31 .

Genesis 13
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Genesis • Chapter 13 (18 verses)

And Abram went up out of Egypt , he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning,... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Lot , Canaan , Hebron , Egypt , Jordan , Sodom , Gomorrah , Zoar .

Ziggurat of Ur
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Interactive 3D Mesopotamian Ziggurat • Genesis 11:1–9 & 11:31

Three-tiered stepped mudbrick and baked-brick ziggurat erected by King Ur-Nammu at Ur in southern Mesopotamia , featuring three converging monumental staircases ascending toward a summit shrine—illustrating the monumental Mesopotamian temple-tower architecture behind Genesis 11 .

Kohath
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Generation 24 • Child of Levi

( Genesis 46:11 , Exodus 6:16 , Numbers 3:17 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 , 6:1 , 6:16 ) The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle ( Numbers 3:29 ).

Interactive 3D Model • Exodus 25:31–40

Seven-branched lampstand hammered from a single talent of pure gold with almond-blossom cups, capitals, and flowers, placed on the south side of the Holy Place to give continual light.

Interactive 3D Museum Relief • 2 Kings 18:13–17

Assyrian carved gypsum wall relief from King Sennacherib's South-West Palace at Nineveh depicting the 701 BC siege of the fortified Judean city of Lachish during the reign of King Hezekiah ( 2 Kings 18:14 ; Isaiah 36:1–2 ).

Wiki Article • History & Monarchy

After the death of Solomon , the monarchy split under Rehoboam and Jeroboam ( 1 Kings 12 ) into the northern Kingdom of Israel (centered at Samaria ) and the southern Kingdom of Judah (ruled by the Davidic line in Jerusalem ).

Interactive 3D Cuneiform Tablet • Genesis 11:28–31

Mesopotamian clay administrative tablet from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100–2000 BC) recording offerings of barley-fed sheep and goats, illustrating the scribal culture and urban economy of southern Mesopotamia around the patriarchal era of Ur of the Chaldeans ( Genesis 11:28–31 ).

Interactive 3D Urban Scale Model • Daniel 1–5 & Jeremiah 50–51

Architectural scale model of Neo-Babylonian Babylon around 600 BC from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , showing the Euphrates River dividing the walled city, the Processional Way, the Ishtar Gate , Nebuchadnezzar's Southern Palace, and the Etemenanki ziggurat precinct.

Interactive 3D Cliffside Stronghold • 1 Samuel 22:4–5 & 24:22

3D terrain and architectural model of the isolated rhomboid rock plateau of Masada (Hebrew Metzada, 'the stronghold') rising 400 meters above the Dead Sea south of En-Gedi—associated with David 's wilderness stronghold ( 1 Samuel 22:4–5 ; 24:22 ) and later fortified with casemate walls, storehouses, and a hanging northern palace by Herod the Great.

Judges 1
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Judges • Chapter 1 (36 verses)

Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. And Judah said unt... Mentions: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah, Simeon , Hebron , Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Debir 1 , Arad .

Genesis 20
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Genesis • Chapter 20 (18 verses)

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur , and sojourned in Gerar . And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Kadesh 1 , Shur , Gerar.

Isaiah 21
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Isaiah • Chapter 21 (17 verses)

The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam : besiege, O Media ; all th... Mentions: Elam , Jacob/Israel , Media , Babylon , Dumah 1 , Seir .

Ecclesiastes 11
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Ecclesiastes • Chapter 11 (10 verses)

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, ...

1 Samuel 30
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1 Samuel • Chapter 30 (31 verses)

And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag , and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but... Mentions: David , Amalekites , Abigail , Judah , Caleb , Ziklag, Besor , Egypt , Ramoth 3 , Jattir .

Ezekiel 47
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Ezekiel • Chapter 47 (23 verses)

Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side o... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joseph , Tamar , Hethlon , Zedad , Hamath , Berothah , Sibraim .

Joshua 15
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Joshua • Chapter 15 (63 verses)

This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: And... Mentions: Judah , Esau (Edom), Hezron , Reuben , Caleb , Edom, Zin 1 , Kadesh 1 , Azmon .

Joshua 11
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Joshua • Chapter 11 (23 verses)

And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon , and to the king of Shimron , and to the king of Achshaph , And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth , and in the valley, ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Moses , Baal , Hebron , Hazor 1 , Madon , Shimron , Achshaph , Chinneroth .

Numbers 34
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Numbers • Chapter 34 (29 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Command the children of Israel , and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan ; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) Then your south quarter shall be from t... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Canaan, Esau ( Edom ), Reuben , Zin 1 , Edom, Akrabbim , Kadesh 1 .

Psalms 107
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Psalms • Chapter 107 (43 verses)

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

Numbers 21
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Numbers • Chapter 21 (35 verses)

And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel , and took some of them prisoners. And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Esau ( Edom ), Moses , Moab , Ammon , Arad , Hormah , Edom, Egypt , Oboth .

Daniel 11
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Daniel • Chapter 11 (45 verses)

Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia ; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he sha... Mentions: Esau ( Edom ), Moab , Ammon , Persia , Egypt , Kittim , Edom.

1 Samuel 14
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1 Samuel • Chapter 14 (52 verses)

Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomeg... Mentions: Jonathan , Saul, Ahoah (or Ahiah ), Ahitub , Phinehas , Gibeah 1 , Migron , Shiloh , Bozez , Seneh .

1 Samuel 27
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1 Samuel • Chapter 27 (12 verses)

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul : there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel : so shall I escape out of his ... Mentions: David , Saul, Jacob/Israel , Abigail , Judah , Gath , Ziklag , Shur , Egypt .

2 Samuel 24
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2 Samuel • Chapter 24 (25 verses)

And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel , and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah . For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, David , Judah , Dan , Gad , Jordan , Aroer 1 , Jazer , Gilead .

Joshua 18
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Joshua • Chapter 18 (28 verses)

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh , and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Joshua , Judah , Joseph , Gad , Shiloh , Jordan , Jericho , Luz 1 , Ataroth 1 .

Daniel 8
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Daniel • Chapter 8 (27 verses)

In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel , after that which appeared unto me at the first. And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam ; and I s... Mentions: Daniel , Elam , Ulai , Media , Persia .

Isaiah 43
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Isaiah • Chapter 43 (28 verses)

But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob , and he that formed thee, O Israel , Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Egypt , Ethiopia , Seba , Babylon .

2 Chronicles 4
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 4 (22 verses)

Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cu... Mentions: Solomon , Jordan , Succoth 1 , Zeredah 1 .

Wiki Article • Sanctuary & Geography

Constructed at Mount Sinai according to Exodus 25 –40, the Wilderness Tabernacle ( Mishkan ) and the gold-overlaid Ark of the Covenant served as the portable dwelling place of God's presence among Israel from Sinai to Shiloh and Jerusalem .

Genesis 12
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Genesis • Chapter 12 (20 verses)

Now the Lord had said unto Abram , Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bl... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Lot , Haran , Canaan , Shechem , Moreh 1 , Egypt .

Deuteronomy 1
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 1 (46 verses)

These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran , and Tophel , and Laban , and Hazeroth , and Dizahab . (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh –barn... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Laban , Moab , Abram/Abraham , Jordan , Paran , Tophel , Hazeroth .

Deuteronomy 34
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 34 (12 verses)

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo , to the top of Pisgah , that is over against Jericho . And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead , unto Dan , And all Naphtali , and the land of Ephraim , and Manasseh , and all the land of Judah , unto the utmost s... Mentions: Moses , Moab , Dan , Naphtali , Ephraim , Nebo 1 , Pisgah , Jericho , Gilead .

Ezekiel 21
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Ezekiel • Chapter 21 (32 verses)

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem , and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel , And say to the land of Israel , Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Ammonites , Judah , Jerusalem , Babylon , Rabbah .

Joshua 13
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Joshua • Chapter 13 (33 verses)

Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, From Sihor, which is before ... Mentions: Joshua , Baal , Jacob/Israel , Manasseh , Moses , Egypt , Ekron , Mearah , Aphek 2 , Lebanon .

Ecclesiastes 1
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Ecclesiastes • Chapter 1 (18 verses)

The words of the Preacher, the son of David , king in Jerusalem . Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? Mentions: David , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .

Scripture Passages (24)

And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh , the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.

Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah , and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.

After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.

We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah , and upon the south of Caleb ; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom , and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

And by the border of Gad , at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh , and to the river toward the great sea.

This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.

And the border passed along to the side of Beth–hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan : this was the south coast.

To Obed –edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.

Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

And the border went over from thence toward Luz , to the side of Luz , which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth –adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.

In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

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