Modern locations of places in the Bible:

As Samu

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Also Called	Es Sam, Es Semu, Semua
Latitude, Longitude	31.400792, 35.067075
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?)	156386/089878
Type	settlement
Point Precision	archaeological site in modern settlement
Coordinates Sources	Amud Anan Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992): Eshtemoa (place) Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible (1991): Eshtemoa Palestine Open Maps Wikidata Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010): Eshtemoa Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (2009): Josh 21:10-19
General Location Notes	Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010) (Eshtemoa, Eshtemoh): “9 miles south-southwest of Hebron”
Precise Coordinates Notes	these remains are from a later time period
Geo Data	KML (for Google Earth) GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

Biblical places associated with As Samu

Eshtemoa: high confidence
Siphmoth: high confidence

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Credit: محمد الفلسطيني (modified)

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