Essential Bible Story Maps: 39 Reference Maps and 30 Mapping Activities

Immerse yourself in the Story of the Bible. With these 39 maps, you can take off your shoes and walk the dusty paths of Abraham, Samson and Jesus.

The maps in this set walk you through one biblical story at a time so you can follow the geographical thread that runs through the narrative of the Bible.

This is not a Bible atlas. Those are good resources and you should have one on hand, but we were aiming for something different here. This is a companion to reading the Story of the Bible from beginning to end. You can either follow along with the characters on the reference maps, or mark their paths yourself on the activity maps. As biblical storytellers, we wanted to be able to show our hearers the places where the stories took place, so that they could immerse themselves that much further in the Story.

Maps included:

Abram’s Journey to the Promised Land

Abraham Offers Isaac

Abraham’s Servant Finds Isaac a Wife

Jacob’s Journey to Haran and Back

Jacob in the Land of Canaan

Joseph Betrayed into Egypt

Judah and Tamar

Joseph’s Brothers go to Egypt to buy Grain

The Journey from Sinai to Kadesh

Israel Defeats the Amorite Alliance

The Southern Campaign

The Northern Campaign

Boundaries of the Twelve Tribes

Jael and Sisera

Samson and the Philistines

The Journey of the Ark

The Kingdom of Israel Under Solomon

The Divided Kingdom

Israel and Judah’s Exile

The Four Empires of Daniel’s Statue

Mary and Joseph’s Journey to Bethlehem

Jesus’ Family Flees to Egypt

Jesus Amazes the Teachers in the Temple

Jesus’ Ministry Begins: His First Trip to Judea

Jesus’ Second Trip to Judea

Jesus’ Popularity Grows

Jesus Rejected in Galilee (1)

Jesus Rejected in Galilee (2)

Jesus Rejected in Galilee (3)

Jesus’ Final Journey to Jerusalem

Philip’s Missionary Journey

Peter’s Missionary Journey

Paul’s First Missionary Journey

Paul’s Second Missionary Journey

Paul’s Third Missionary Journey

Paul’s Journey to Rome

The Topography of Israel

Land Cover and Vegetation