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Place · Region

River

Also known as Beyond the River

Named in 16 verses across 2 books, first in Nehemiah 2:7.

Where

Coordinates

31.7774° N, 35.2349° E

One proposed location, not an established one.

Identification

Uncertain

The exact spot is unknown; the point is placed by a related feature nearby.

The dataset’s editors marked this place as not identifiable with a known site.

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

Dataset notes

"This side the river" and "beyond the river" are too ambiguous to identify a specific lat/long on a map. Pertains to a vixinity East of the Jordan.

Left by the dataset’s contributors; not reviewed by us.

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

All 3 verses in Nehemiah, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Nehemiah 2:7
I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
Nehemiah 2:9
Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
Nehemiah 3:7
Next to them, repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates.