Modern locations of places in the Bible:

Erjan

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Also CalledArgan
Latitude, Longitude31.989281, 35.920658
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?)237137/155347
Typesettlement
Point Precisionarchaeological site in modern settlement
Coordinates Sources
General Location Notes
  • Tyndale Bible Dictionary (2001) (Aroer), Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land (1990) (Aroer): “northwest of Amman
  • MacDonald, East of the Jordan (2000) (page 166): “Abel locates Aroer northwest of Amman at ’Argan (=’Erjan [Arajan])”
Precise Coordinates Notesthere are several Erjan locations in the vicinity; this one cites Glueck
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Biblical places associated with Erjan

10-meter-per-pixel satellite Image

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