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AEnon
Springs, a place near Salim where John baptized (John 3:23). It was probably near the upper source of the Wady Far’ah, an open valley extending from Mount Ebal to the Jordan. It is full of springs. A place has been found called ‘Ainun, four miles north of the springs.
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- John 3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
