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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Salim
John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there (John 3:23). Where it was is still argued over, and one view puts it in the Jordan Valley south of Beth-shean.
John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there (John 3:23). Where it was is still argued over, and one view puts it in the Jordan Valley south of Beth-shean.
A place near Aenon, west of the Jordan, where John the Baptist was baptizing because water was plentiful there (John 3:23). Its exact location is debated among scholars; some place it in the Jordan Valley south of Beth-shean, others further south near ancient Shechem.
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- John 3:23
