Bible character places · Jerusalem
Jerusalem is the city David fled and his son Absalom entered during the rebellion. This map places the city in today’s landscape, between the Mediterranean coast to the west and the Dead Sea to the east.
Place the story
Jerusalem sits in the hills roughly 32 miles east of the Mediterranean coast. This is geographic orientation, not a driving distance. The marker identifies the city, not a known council room or an exact escape route.
Ahithophel joined Absalom’s rebellion and advised him in Jerusalem. David had left the city. The debate over pursuing him appears in 2 Samuel 17:1–14.
Ahithophel’s hometown was elsewhere in Judah. Its exact modern identification is uncertain, so it is not plotted here.
Meet Ahithophel: profile and historical period.
Sources
Scripture: 2 Samuel 15–17. Distance: Jerusalem, New Catholic Encyclopedia, “Topography and Water Supply”. Approximate city location: Jerusalem coordinates. Background: BiblicalTraining: Ahithophel.