Bethabara in the Bible

Meaning: the house of confidence

Exact Match

For Gideon had sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim saying, "Come down against the Midianites and take from them the waters both of Bethabara and also of Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered together and came down and took the waters, both of Bethabara and also of Jordan.

These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptising.

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Again they tried to seize him, but he slipped away from them. Then he went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and he remained there. Many people came to him and kept saying, "John never performed a sign, but everything that John said about this man is true!" read more.
And many believed in Jesus there.


This happened in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.


Gideon dispatched messengers throughout the mountainous region of Ephraim, notifying them, "Come down to fight Midian. Capture the water crossings as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan River before they can get to them."


References

Hastings

Easton

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Watsons

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