Modern locations of places in the Bible:

Arak Ismain

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Also Called	Arak Ismail, Araq Isma
Latitude, Longitude	31.763715, 35.025793
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?)	152525/130124
Type	cave
Point Precision	500 m
Coordinates Source	OpenStreetMap
General Location Notes	Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010) (Etam): “2.5 miles east-southeast from Zorah” Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (1975) (Etam): “two and one half miles southeast of Zorah” Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992) (Etam, Rock of (place)): “north slope of the Sorek Valley”
Precise Coordinates Notes	Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992) (Lehi) cites Burney, who proposes "Arak Ismain, near Hirbet Mamita" (Burney, Judges (1918)); Khirbat Marmita is at 201629/630408, per Govrin and Shavi, Excavation at Khirbat Marmita (2014); I believe he’s referring to a point near Samson Cave; Two Refuge Caves at Arak Ismain in Nahal Surek (2009) discusses several caves in this immediate area
Geo Data	KML (for Google Earth) GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

Biblical places associated with Arak Ismain

Etam 1: high confidence
Lehi: low confidence
Ramath-lehi: low confidence
En-hakkore: low confidence
Ramah 6: very low confidence
Ramoth 2: very low confidence
Baalah 1: very low confidence
Baalath-beer: very low confidence
Baalath 2: very low confidence
Balah: very low confidence
Bealoth 1: very low confidence
Bealoth 2: very low confidence
Bilhah: very low confidence
Gederoth: very low confidence
Ramah 9: very low confidence

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