Modern locations of places in the Bible:

Merj Ekkeh

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Also Called	Khirbet Sokka
Latitude, Longitude	31.905663, 35.855908
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?)	231073/146036
Type	settlement
Point Precision	2 km
Coordinates Sources	MEGAJordan Van de Velde Map (1858)
General Location Notes	Lexham Bible Dictionary (2016) (Abel Keramim): “six milestones south of… Amman” Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature (1894) (page 12): “6 (Jerome 7) Roman miles from Philadelophia or Rabbath-Ammon, probably in a south-westerly direction, and perhaps at the present ruins Merj (meadow) Ekkeh” Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature (1894) (page 503): “at the head of the Wady Eshteh, near Merj-Ekkeh (Robinson’s Map)”
Precise Coordinates Notes	this point approximately matches the point on Van de Velde Map (1858), and "Sokka" is at least superficially similar to "Ekka;" however, I have no reason to believe that they’re actually identical
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Biblical places associated with Merj Ekkeh

Abila: low confidence
Abel-keramim: very low confidence

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Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019 (modified)

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