Ennon
Ennon (Hennon, Enon), Salton Valtorta App. The location of this place is yet to be confirmed.
The place where John the Baptist takes refuge. It is mentioned in the Gospel of John 3:23: "Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People came and were baptized."
Inhabitants or natives
Alexander of Enon, Benjamin the water-used shepherd, Rachel one of his aunts, Eli the generous Confessiongle, Levi and Jonas, other generous notable figures. It seems that the inhabitants of this region were robust and tall according to the descriptions.
Identification
"As they pass near Jericho, going to Jerusalem for the Tabernacles of the first year, the Apostles inquire about John the Baptist. 'Does he no longer baptize here, the Baptist?' 'No. He is on the borders of Samaria'"[1]. When, the following winter, Jesus makes a nighttime visit to John in his refuge, he walks for a while along a tributary of the Jordan that flows towards the northeast. (See El Maleh, wadi). Later, it is learned that the Baptist was "deceived and led out of the territory of Shechem"[2]. This information and some others allow to locate Enon at the northeast edge of Samaria, and a little further north than the cave where the Baptist found refuge. "'Enon, a handful of houses, is higher towards the north.'" [3] indeed specifies Maria Valtorta.[4]"
Description
Jesus walks[5], calm and alone. He follows his path quickly until he finds a watercourse that descends wYesllonnantly towards the plain in the northeast direction. He follows it upstream to a secluded spot near a wooded slope. He turns again, climbs a path, and reaches a natural shelter on the hillside[6].
A handful of houses... A cave surrounded by lush vegetation. Not far away, springs ripple to form a well-watered brook flowing towards the Jordan.
Key facts
It is in this cave of Samaria that Jesus comes to see the Baptist who entrusts him with his Disciples and peacefully receives the announcement of his death[7].
Name
Enon (Enon, Aenon, Aïnôn) means "the springs." Other spellings: Aenon, Ainon, Aenone.
Location
Jean-François Lavère notes in his Geographical Dictionary:"The exact location of Enon is not yet rigorously established. However, there exists, about fifteen kilometers south of Beisan, and less than two kilometers from the Jordan, a valley oriented towards the northeast, which exactly matches the description given by Maria Valtorta to locate the cave refuge of the Baptist there. The course of the Roman road, linking Beth-Shean to Jericho, passes nearby, and it follows that the site proposed by Father Lagrange[8] at Ain el Deir, to situate Enon, fully corresponds to the location that can be deduced from The Gospel as Revealed to Me. It is also fully compatible with the proximity of Salim, which according to the indications of Eusebius (Onomasticon 40,1) and Saint Jerome (153.4-7) is located eight miles (12 km) south of Scythopolis-Beisan. In this sector, there are many water points, as suggested by the etymology of the word Enon (Aenon), but also as described by Maria Valtorta[4]."
Where is it mentioned in the work?
EMV 148 EMV 149
EMV 573 EMV 574
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- 32° 23’ 04’’ N / 35° 32’ 00’’ E
- -230m
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Location above according to the works of Jean-François Lavère. The exact location remains to be confirmed.
Notes and references
- ↑ EMV 111.1.
- ↑ EMV 211.5.
- ↑ EMV 574.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jean-François Lavère - Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel, according to Maria Valtorta, pp. 71-72.
- ↑ He comes from Sychar in Samaria.
- ↑ EMV 148.
- ↑ EMV 148.
- ↑ "But it was the Baptist who had changed place, as the text explicitly states: he baptised at Aenon, near Salim. Tradition since Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine at the beginning of the 4th century, designates the place eight miles south of Scythopolis, now Beisan. At this distance indeed several reservoirs, natural or built, especially at Ed-Deir, a Byzantine church doubtless fixed the site of these baptisms. Aenon means 'the springs' in the Aramaic spoken by Jesus; and Tell Surem, about kilometers north of our springs, represents the name of Salim. (Marie-Joseph Lagrange, The Gospel of Jesus Christ, with the Evangelical Synopsis, Artège Letheilleux, 2017, p. 120). Also cited in: Lagrange, Revue Biblique, IV, 1895, pp. 502-505.