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 baptizing.

Thematic Bible



They tried again to capture him but he escaped from them. He traveled beyond the Jordan into the place where John first baptized and stayed there. Many came to him and they said: John indeed did not perform a single miracle. Yet everything John said about this man was true. read more.
Many believed in him there.


These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.


Gideon sent messengers through all the hill country of Ephraim to say: Come down and fight the Midianites! Hold the Jordan River and the streams as far as Bethbarah, to keep the Midianites from crossing them. The men of Ephraim were called together, and they held the Jordan River and the streams as far as Bethbarah.


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