Modern locations of places in the Bible:

Ain el Gharabeh

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Also Called	Ain el Gharbeh
Latitude, Longitude	31.845782, 35.501718
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?)	197588/139249
Type	settlement
Point Precision	100 m
Coordinates Sources	Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992): Beth-arabah (place) Archaeological Survey of Israel Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (2009): Josh 15:5
General Location Notes	Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010) (Beth Arabah): “modern Arab village… located in the wilderness about 4 miles southeast of Jericho, on the north bank of the Wadi Qelt a few miles west of the Jordan Valley” Palestine Open Maps shows Kitf el Gharaba south of the wadi, but it’s an area rather than a specific point
Precise Coordinates Notes	McKinny, Historical Geography of the Administrative Division of Judah (2014) (page 57) identifies this as site 2759 in Greenberg and Keinan, Israeli Archaeological Activity in the West Bank, 1967-2007 (2009), which is at these coordinates
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Biblical places associated with Ain el Gharabeh

Beth-arabah: medium confidence

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Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019 (modified)

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