Bible Verses About Naming Places

But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth–el.

And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah–jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.

And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there.

And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.

And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.

Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

And Beth–peor, and Ashdoth–pisgah, and Beth–jeshimoth,

That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.

And he erected there an altar, and called it El–elohe–Israel.

And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth–shahar in the mount of the valley,

Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord:

And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth–diblathaim,

Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.

And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?

For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there.

And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.

And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,