Modern locations of places in the Bible:

Saq el Farwein

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Also CalledSak el Farwaim
Latitude, Longitude25.709340, 42.725950
Typesettlement
Point Precision50 km
Coordinates Source
General Location Notes
  • Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010) (Parvaim): “northeast Arabia”
  • Hastings, Dictionary of the Bible (1909) (page 682): “Sak el Farwaim, which lies about one day from Dharijja, and not far west of the two Abans, between which flows the Wady er-Ramma
  • Dillard, 2 Chronicles (1987) (2 Chronicles 3:6): “Sak el Farewein in Yemama
  • Schoff, The Ship Tyre (1920): “near the Wadi er Rumma and west of Rass in central Arabia”
  • the German Glaser, Skizze der Geschichte und Geographie Arabiens (1890) may make the location clearer, or perhaps not
Precise Coordinates Notesif Al Abanat or Ata is one of the "Aban"s, then I think that’s as close as I can get to a location for Sak el Farwaim, though it’s possible (if unlikely) that Al Fawwarah is related
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Biblical places associated with Saq el Farwein

10-meter-per-pixel satellite Image

satellite view of the region around Saq el Farwein
Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019 (modified)