Sacred Atlas

Where Is It Today?

Where Is Abilene Today?

Abilene is identified with Souq Wadi Barada. See modern location, confidence level, Scripture references, coordinates, and source attribution.

Modern locationmodern identification under review
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs1

High confidence

Modern identification

Souq Wadi Barada - modern identification under review

Coordinates33.6267, 36.1058
Kindregion
Claims3
Sources2

Scripture anchors

Luke 3:1

Why this place is in the atlas

Abilene is a biblical place imported into Sacred Atlas from OpenBible.info with 1 Scripture reference attached for review.

Claim ledger

foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a498faa, urlSlug: abilene, friendlyId: Abilene OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 33.626667, longitude: 36.105833, precision: region OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
scriptureReferences Luke 3:1 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High