Modern locations of places in the Bible:
Also Called | Wadi al Ghuwayr |
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Latitude, Longitude | 30.628270, 35.468450 |
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?) | 194761/004249 |
Type | wadi |
Point Precision | point along wadi |
Coordinates Sources | |
General Location Notes | Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992) (Rehoboth (place)): “Knauf (1987), deriving the ’Edomite King list’ from the 5th century B.C., interprets Rehoboth ha-Nahar as the designation of a landscape, not a town, and suggests the catchment area of Wadi al-Ghuwayr for an identification.” |
Precise Coordinates Notes | there are GeoNames named Ghuwayr; this one is the most prominent and flows into Wadi Faynan |
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Credit: Joe Roe (modified)
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