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Salim
Peaceful, a place near AEnon (q.v.), on the west of Jordan, where John baptized (John 3:23). It was probably the Shalem mentioned in Gen 33:18, about 7 miles south of AEnon, at the head of the great Wady Far’ah, which formed the northern boundary of Judea in the Jordan valley.
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.
