Modern locations of places in the Bible:

Umm el Awamid

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Also Called	Oum el Aamad
Latitude, Longitude	33.128108, 35.152022
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?)	164558/281417
Type	settlement
Point Precision	point in visible remains
Coordinates Sources	Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992): Hammon (place) Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000): Hammon GeoNames Hess, Joshua (1996): table 22 Palestine Open Maps: Western Palestine 1:63,000 Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010): Hammon
General Location Notes	Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992) (Hammon (place)): “in the Wadi el Hamul”
Precise Coordinates Notes	Franḳel, Settlement Dynamics and Regional Diversity in Ancient Upper Galilee (2001) identifies Khirbet Umm el Amed with Awamid
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Biblical places associated with Umm el Awamid

Hammon 1: high confidence
Baal-hamon: very low confidence

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