Site
Enon
Also called Aenon
Location debated. Scholars propose competing sites; the marker shows one candidate.
- Ancient name
- Enon
- Modern location
- Umm el-Umdan (one proposed site) · Jordan Valley
- Location
- Location debated
Editorial summary
John the Baptist was baptizing at Enon near Salim, because there was much water there, while Jesus and his disciples were in Judea.
What happened here
1John baptizes at Enon
While Jesus and his disciples were in Judea, John was baptizing at Enon near Salim, where there was much water. When his disciples told him that everyone was going to Jesus, John answered that he was not the Christ but had been sent before him, and that Jesus must increase while he decreased.
People here
1On these journeys
Scripture
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Location certainty
John places Enon near Salim, where there was much water, but neither place is securely located. The marker shows Umm el-Umdan in the Jordan valley, OpenBible.info’s leading candidate; Khirbet Einun, north-east of Nablus, has also been proposed.
- Coordinates
- 32.3815° N, 35.5282° E