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The other four are Mount Nebo; Mukawir (Machaerus), the Herodian palace where tradition says John the Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded; Tell Mar Elias, a site associated with the prophet Elijah’s birth; and the Sanctuary of our Lord of the Mountain in Anjara.

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On the Madaba map, see “Jerusalem as Mosaic,” BAR 24:02.

Endnotes

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Compare with Raymond E. Brown, John I-XII, Anchor Bible Series (New York: Doubleday, 1966), p. 44.