Modern locations of places in the Bible:
Also Called | Ain Tabah, Bir Taba, Sabkhat Tabah |
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Latitude, Longitude | 29.858780, 35.096500 |
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?) | 159020/-081080 |
Type | spring |
Point Precision | 6 km |
Coordinates Sources | |
General Location Notes | Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992) (Jotbathah (place)): “the source of a marshy winter lake near the Wadi Ghadhaghed” |
Precise Coordinates Notes | Musil, Arabia Petraea Map (1907) (map 3) places Ain Taba east-northeast of Ein Yotvata, while Har-El, Sinai Journeys (1983) (page 168) places it east-southeast; Sinai and the Desert of the Wanderings Map (1874) shows this point as "Fountain & Palms;" Bibleorigins.net: "the salt-marsh area known as Sabkhat et-Taba. A well, Bir et-Taba, is just east of the Sabkhat. An Iron Age I fortress was found nearby;" Amud Anan places Bir et Taba at approximately 29.845343,35.104720 |
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Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019 (modified)
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