Aenon
A place in the Bible
A place with plenty of water, near a town called Salim. John also baptized there.
What happened here
- John the Baptist: he baptized in Aenon because there was plenty of water there. People came and were baptized.
Today
No one knows for sure where it was. The most likely view places it in the Jordan Valley, south of the city of Beth Shean.
Where it appears in the Bible
John 3:23
What the Bible says
John 3:23
And John also was baptizing in Ennon near Salim; because there was much water there; and they came and were baptized.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: John 3:23; Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), “Ænon”