Ain
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Other places named Ain: Ain (Numbers 34), Ain (Joshua 21).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | another name for En-rimmon (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.383° N, 34.866° E |
| Mentioned in | 3 verses |
| First mention | Joshua 15:32 |
Ain is a settlement named in 3 verses of the Bible. It is most likely another name for En-rimmon (low confidence; 3 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| another name for En-rimmon | low (39%) | 31.383° N, 34.866° E |
| another name for Ashan | very low (9%) | 31.281° N, 34.797° E |
| Horbat Anim | very low (2%) | 31.354° N, 35.064° E |
| Khirbet Asan | very low (0%) | 31.281° N, 34.797° E |
Verses
Joshua
- Joshua 15:32And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
- Joshua 19:7Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 4:32And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.