Modern locations of places in the Bible:

Jebel Umm al Aqarib

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Also Called	Umm el Akareb, Umm el Aqarab
Latitude, Longitude	31.194167, 35.576667
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?)	204927/067019
Type	mountain
Point Precision	point on mountain
Coordinates Sources	GeoNames Wikidata
General Location Notes	Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010) (Akrabbim): “on the west side of the Dead Sea” Cox, Place of Safety (1997): “on the western side of the Dead Sea, opposite the Lisan” however, Musil, Arabia Petraea Map (1907) places "Umm el-Akareb" on the eastern side of the Dead Sea at these coordinates Bibleorigins.net also discusses this possibility, as do MacDonald, East of the Jordan (2000) (page 6), Manson, Companion to the Bible (1945), and Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement (1933) the central question for identification is whether Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010) (Akrabbim) means "east" of the Dead Sea when it says "west"
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Biblical places associated with Jebel Umm al Aqarib

Akrabbim: very low confidence
Sela 1: very low confidence
Sela 3: very low confidence

10-meter-per-pixel satellite Image

Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019 (modified)

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