Modern locations of places in the Bible:

Umm Sweiwineh

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Also CalledEs Sweiwina, Sweiwina
Latitude, Longitude31.924568, 35.925091
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?)237603/148173
Typesettlement
Point Precisionarchaeological site in modern settlement
Coordinates Sources
General Location Notes
  • Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992) (Aroer (place)): “south of Amman
  • International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1979) (Aroer): “south of Rabbah
  • Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000) (Aroer): “west of Amman
  • New Bible Dictionary (1996) (Aroer): “3.5 km southwest of Rabbah
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Biblical places associated with Umm Sweiwineh

10-meter-per-pixel satellite Image

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