Jordan Summary
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The Jordan River and its surrounding region played a significant role in the history of Israel, from the time of the patriarchs to the New Testament era.
Jordan
PlaceA river and region, significant in Israel's history
Names
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en
Jordan
the river of judgment
- en Jordan River · Also called
- en Jordan Valley · Also called
- en Transjordan · Also called
- en Transjordanian · Also called
- he יַרְדֵּן · H3383
- el Ἰορδάνης · G2446
- bg Йордан
Location
Kind: River or spring
Modern name: Jordan River
Certainty: Confirmed
33.186450, 35.619160 · Show on map
Mentioned in (204)
Gen 13:10
Gen 13:11
Gen 32:10
Gen 50:10
Gen 50:11
Num 13:29
Num 22:1
Num 26:3
Num 26:63
Num 31:12
Num 32:5
Num 32:19
Num 32:21
Num 32:22
Num 32:29
Num 32:32
Num 33:48
Num 33:49
Num 33:50
Num 33:51
Num 34:12
Num 34:15
Num 35:1
Num 35:10
Num 35:14
Num 36:13
Deut 1:1
Deut 1:5
Deut 2:29
Deut 3:8
Deut 3:17
Deut 3:18
Deut 3:20
Deut 3:21
Deut 3:25
Deut 3:27
Deut 3:28
Deut 4:14
Deut 4:21
Deut 4:22
Deut 4:26
Deut 4:41
Deut 4:46
Deut 4:47
Deut 4:49
Deut 6:1
Deut 9:1
Deut 11:8
Deut 11:11
Deut 11:30
Deut 11:31
Deut 12:10
Deut 27:2
Deut 27:4
Deut 27:12
Deut 30:18
Deut 31:2
Deut 31:13
Deut 32:47
Josh 1:2
Josh 1:11
Josh 1:14
Josh 1:15
Josh 2:1
Josh 2:7
Josh 2:10
Josh 2:23
Josh 3:1
Josh 3:8
Josh 3:11
Josh 3:13
Josh 3:14
Josh 3:15
Josh 3:17
Josh 4:1
Josh 4:3
Josh 4:5
Josh 4:7
Josh 4:8
Josh 4:9
Josh 4:10
Josh 4:12
Josh 4:16
Josh 4:17
Josh 4:18
Josh 4:19
Josh 4:20
Josh 4:22
Josh 4:23
Josh 5:1
Josh 7:7
Josh 9:1
Josh 9:10
Josh 12:1
Josh 12:7
Josh 13:8
Josh 13:23
Josh 13:27
Josh 13:32
Josh 14:3
Josh 15:5
Josh 16:1
Josh 16:7
Josh 17:1
Josh 17:2
Josh 17:5
Josh 18:7
Josh 18:12
Josh 18:19
Josh 18:20
Josh 19:22
Josh 19:33
Josh 19:34
Josh 20:8
Josh 22:4
Josh 22:7
Josh 22:10
Josh 22:11
Josh 22:25
Josh 23:4
Josh 24:8
Josh 24:11
Judg 3:26
Judg 3:28
Judg 5:17
Judg 6:33
Judg 7:24
Judg 7:25
Judg 8:4
Judg 10:8
Judg 10:9
Judg 11:13
Judg 11:22
Judg 12:1
Judg 12:5
Judg 12:6
Judg 20:1
1 Sam 10:27
1 Sam 13:7
1 Sam 31:7
2 Sam 2:29
2 Sam 10:17
2 Sam 15:28
2 Sam 16:14
2 Sam 17:16
2 Sam 17:21
2 Sam 17:22
2 Sam 17:24
2 Sam 19:15
2 Sam 19:17
2 Sam 19:18
2 Sam 19:31
2 Sam 19:36
2 Sam 19:39
2 Sam 19:41
2 Sam 20:2
2 Sam 24:5
1 Kgs 2:8
1 Kgs 7:46
1 Kgs 17:3
1 Kgs 17:5
2 Kgs 2:6
2 Kgs 2:7
2 Kgs 2:13
2 Kgs 5:10
2 Kgs 5:14
2 Kgs 6:2
2 Kgs 6:4
2 Kgs 7:15
2 Kgs 10:33
1 Chr 6:62
1 Chr 6:78
1 Chr 12:15
1 Chr 12:31
1 Chr 12:37
1 Chr 19:17
1 Chr 26:30
1 Chr 26:32
2 Chr 4:17
Job 40:23
Ps 42:6
Ps 114:3
Ps 114:5
Isa 9:1
Jer 12:5
Jer 49:19
Jer 50:44
Ezek 47:18
Zech 11:3
Matt 3:5
Matt 3:6
Matt 3:13
Matt 4:15
Matt 4:25
Matt 19:1
Mark 1:5
Mark 1:9
Mark 3:8
Mark 10:1
Luke 3:3
Luke 4:1
John 1:28
John 3:26
John 10:40
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Jordan Article
STEPBible TIPNR
The Jordan River, the most prominent river in the Bible, flows from north to south through the Jordan Valley and empties into the Dead Sea. The river and its surrounding region, also known as the Jordan Valley or the Plain of Jordan, are mentioned numerous times throughout the Old and New Testaments. The Jordan River formed the eastern boundary of the Promised Land (Numbers 34:12) and was crossed by the Israelites under Joshua's leadership when they entered Canaan (Joshua 3-4). The river also served as a boundary between the tribes settling east and west of the Jordan (Joshua 22:25). Several significant events took place along the Jordan, including the parting of the river for Elijah and Elisha (2Ki.2.6-14), Naaman's healing (2Ki.5.10-14), and John the Baptist's ministry of baptism (Matthew 3:5-6; Mrk.1.5). The Jordan Valley was known for its fertile land, as seen in Lot's choice to settle there (Genesis 13:10-11). The region also served as a refuge for Elijah (1Ki.17.3-5) and David (2Sa.17.22-24). In the New Testament, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River (Matthew 3:13; Mrk.1.9) and conducted ministry in the region (Matthew 4:25; 19:1). The Jordan River and its surrounding area continue to hold great significance for Christians, Jews, and Muslims today.
Jordan 3 Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
But besides these two historical fountains there is a third, called the Hasbany, which rises in the bottom of a valley at the western base of Hermon, 12 miles north of Tell-el-Kady. It joins the main stream about a mile below the junction of the Leddan and the Banias. The river thus formed is at this point about 45 feet wide, and flows in a channel from 12 to 20 feet below the plain. After this it flows, “with a swift current and a much-twisted course,” through a marshy plain for some 6 miles, when it falls into the Lake Huleh, “the waters of Merom” (q.v.).
During this part of its course the Jordan has descended about 1,100 feet. At Banias it is 1,080 feet above sea-level. Flowing from the southern extremity of Lake Huleh, here almost on a level with the sea, it flows for 2 miles “through a waste of islets and papyrus,” and then for 9 miles through a narrow gorge in a foaming torrent onward to the Sea of Galilee (q.v.).
“In the whole valley of the Jordan from the Lake Huleh to the Sea of Galilee there is not a single settled inhabitant. Along the whole eastern bank of the river and the lakes, from the base of Hermon to the ravine of Hieromax, a region of great fertility, 30 miles long by 7 or 8 wide, there are only some three inhabited villages. The western bank is almost as desolate. Ruins are numerous enough. Every mile or two is an old site of town or village, now well nigh hid beneath a dense jungle of thorns and thistles. The words of Scripture here recur to us with peculiar force: ‘I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation...And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it...And your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate’ (Lev. 26:31-34).”, Dr. Porter’s Handbook.
From the Sea of Galilee, at the level of 682 feet below the Mediterranean, the river flows through a long, low plain called “the region of Jordan” (Matt. 3:5), and by the modern Arabs the Ghor, or “sunken plain.” This section is properly the Jordan of Scripture. Down through the midst of the “plain of Jordan” there winds a ravine varying in breadth from 200 yards to half a mile, and in depth from 40 to 150 feet. Through it the Jordan flows in a rapid, rugged, tortuous course down to the Dead Sea. The whole distance from the southern extremity of the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea is in a straight line about 65 miles, but following the windings of the river about 200 miles, during which it falls 618 feet. The total length of the Jordan from Banias is about 104 miles in a straight line, during which it falls 2,380 feet.
There are two considerable affluents which enter the river between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, both from the east.
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