Eastern boundary of Canaan
Numbers 34:12
Often overflowed
Joshua 3:15; 1 Chronicles 12:15
Overflowing of, called the swelling of Jordan
Jeremiah 12:5; 49:19
Empties itself into the Dead Sea
Numbers 34:12
THE PLAINS OF Thickly wooded
2 Kings 6:2
Exceeding fertile
Genesis 13:10
Infested with lions
Jeremiah 49:19; 50:44
Afforded clay for moulding brass, &c
1 Kings 7:46; 2 Chronicles 4:17
Chosen by Lot for a residence
Genesis 13:11
Fordable in some places
Joshua 2:7; Judges 12:5,6
Ferry boats often used on
2 Samuel 19:18
REMARKABLE EVENTS CONNECTED WITH Division of its waters to let Israel pass over
Joshua 3:12-16; 5:1
Return of its waters to their place
Joshua 4:18
Slaughter of Moabites
Judges 3:28,29
Slaughter of the Ephraimites
Judges 12:4-6
Its division by Elijah
2 Kings 2:8
Its division by Elisha
2 Kings 2:14
Healing of Naaman the leper
2 Kings 5:10,14
Baptism of multitudes by John the Baptist
Matthew 3:6; Mark 1:5; John 1:28
Baptism of our Lord
Matthew 3:13,15; Mark 1:9
PASSAGE OF ISRAEL OVER Promised
Deuteronomy 4:22; 9:1; 11:31
In an appointed order
Joshua 3:1-8
Preceded by priests with the ark
Joshua 3:6,11,14
Successfully effected
Joshua 3:17; 4:1,10,11
Commemorated by a pillar of stones raised in it
Joshua 4:9
Commemorated by a pillar of stones in Gilgal
Joshua 4:2-8,20-24
Alluded to
Psalm 74:15; 114:3,5
A pledge that God would drive the Canaanites, &c out of Their land
Joshua 3:10
The Jews had great pride in
Zechariah 11:3
Despised by foreigners
2 Kings 5:12
Moses not allowed to cross
Deuteronomy 3:27; 31:2