KnoWhy #286 - Have The Valley Of Lemuel And The River Laman Been Found? (1 Nephi 2:6)

After travelling 3 days along the coast of the Red Sea, Nephi mentioned his family stopping in a river valley with a “continually running” river. Rivers are rare in northwest Arabia, and until recently no perennial rivers or streams had been found in the region. But in 1995, a pair of LDS explorers made a chance discovery of a valley with a small stream, which subsequent visits confirmed flowed throughout the year. Within a 3 day journey from the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, this canyon is a good candidate for the Valley of Lemuel.