Reference: Ford
Easton
Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Jos 2:7; Jg 3:28; 12:5-6), which must have been very numerous; about fifty perhaps. The most notable was that of Bethabara. Mention is also made of the ford of the Jabbok (Ge 32:22), and of the fords of Arnon (Isa 16:2) and of the Euphrates (Jer 51:32).
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During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
Meanwhile the king's men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.
He said to them, "Follow me, for the Lord is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!" They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab, and did not let anyone cross.
The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead asked him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No," then they said to him, "Say 'Shibboleth!'" If he said, "Sibboleth" (and could not pronounce the word correctly), they grabbed him and executed him right there at the fords of the Jordan. On that day forty-two thousand Ephraimites fell dead.
At the fords of the Arnon the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest.
They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified.
Hastings
Of the numerous 'fords' or passages of the Jordan, two in ancient times were of chief importance: that opposite Jericho near Gilgal (Jos 2:7; Jg 3:28), and that at Bethabara (mod. 'Abarah), at the junction of the Jalud (which drains the Jezreel valley) and the Jordan. Bridges are now used in crossing the Jordan. In 2Sa 15:28; 17:18 the AV has 'plain' for 'fords,' and in Jg 12:5-6 'passages.' Other fords were those of the Jabbok (Ge 32:22) and the Arnon (Isa 16:2).
G. L. Robinson.
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During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
Meanwhile the king's men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.
He said to them, "Follow me, for the Lord is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!" They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab, and did not let anyone cross.
The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead asked him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No," then they said to him, "Say 'Shibboleth!'" If he said, "Sibboleth" (and could not pronounce the word correctly), they grabbed him and executed him right there at the fords of the Jordan. On that day forty-two thousand Ephraimites fell dead.
Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you reaches me."
But a young man saw them on one occasion and informed Absalom. So the two of them quickly departed and went to the house of a man in Bahurim. There was a well in his courtyard, and they got down in it.
At the fords of the Arnon the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest.