The biblical towns established there guarded settlements of the interior and took advantage of trade passing along this route.

Named for the biblical town of Yatir, it is now Israel's largest planted forest.

The city's name is derived from a biblical town, mentioned in Joshua 15:21-22.

Tubu is the probable biblical town of Tob.

There are those who believe that a nearby tell is the remains of the biblical town.

Another theory is that the biblical town is the present Abu Ghosh.

Yet somehow, just reading the names of these ancient biblical towns stirred something inside him.

It is named after Ephrath, a biblical town in what is now Israel.

The settlement is named for the biblical town of the same name (Joshua 15:55), which was situated nearby at the site of modern Ma'in.

The village was named for the biblical town of Ataroth believed to be located nearby.