http://www.zionism-israel.com/maps/kingdom_of_david_and_solomon.gif

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/middle_east_ref_2002.pdf

this week we read אך בגורל יחלק את הארץ it is good to have an idea how big Erets Yisrael was in times of שלמה & בימות המשיח .This was promised for Abraham at ברית בין הבתרים .From Nehar Mitsrayim till the great river of Peras.It includes modern lebanon syria & small part of turkey & egypt ,roughly 100,000 sq. miles (500x200) (closer to 85,000) please see both;modern and ancient maps. A walk from Jerusalem till Euphrates is 400 miles! a mans journey is ten parsah per day

or 120,000 feet( 10x4x3000){a mil is 3000 feet) ;22.72 miles (imagine walking 3 miles per hour , seven hours ---thats very reasonable!) now 400/22.72=17.6..

it is amazing that in Baba Metsia we find the number 15 ,the days it takes to return from Jerusalem to Eufrates

it's size is equal to 1.5 of new york state!

for your info:400x400 parsah =909x909 miles=826,363 sq. miles about 2/3 of US!