Thematic Bible: Jordan


Thematic Bible



And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. Verse ConceptsAssembling Israel

And the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttacking

And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters, as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan.

And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim. Verse ConceptsWalking All Night

And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.

And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsPursuing PeopleShutting GatesFords

Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over the Jordan. Verse ConceptsDawnDaybreakUntil Daybreak

Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

I am not worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two companies. Verse ConceptsKindnessHumilityStaffHumility, Examples OfTwo GroupsRiver CrossingsWalking With A StaffGod Showed His Lovingkindness

And he said unto them, Follow after me; for Jehovah hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and suffered not a man to pass over. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsFordsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

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And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing. Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleTirednessThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveTired In PursuitNot Giving Uptiredgideon

So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan.

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar. Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureYielding To TemptationDestruction Of Cities

In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. Verse ConceptsClay

And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyRivers And StreamsBeyond JordanCamping During The Exodus

And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. Verse ConceptsClayClay, Uses

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar. So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. Verse ConceptsIndependencedrynessWestMeltingDry LandBeyond JordanLosing CourageOvercoming Obstacles


In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. Verse ConceptsClay

In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. Verse ConceptsClayClay, Uses

and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,) Verse ConceptsHarvestWalking Through WaterSwellingFeet In Action

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan? Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceRunningPeople StumblingThe Region Of JordanTired In ActivityRace

And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyRivers And StreamsBeyond JordanCamping During The Exodus

These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. Verse ConceptsCensusThe Region Of Jordan

And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. Verse ConceptsChrist's BaptismIn The JordanBaptismTrinity

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan. Verse ConceptsJohn The BaptistChrist's BaptismIn The Jordan


And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismRevival, CorporateRivers And StreamsBaptised By JohnIn The JordanSin Confessedconfessing

And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. read more.
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? Then went he down, and dipped himself'seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

And Elijah said unto him, Tarry here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me to the Jordan. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan. And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

These are they that went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. Verse ConceptseastMonth 1Peoples Who Fled

And there went over a ferry-boat to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he was come over the Jordan. Verse ConceptsBoatsProstrationBowing Before DavidFords

And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they were divided hither and thither; and Elisha went over. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersMiracles Of ElishaDivision Of WatersWaters DividedWhere Is God?

And the east border was the Salt Sea, even unto the end of the Jordan. And the border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan; Verse ConceptsEastern Borders

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. Verse ConceptsAbundance, SpiritualPlenty Through GodAbundancehomecoming

There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemHoly Spirit, Types OfRiverspotential

And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, Verse ConceptsCrystalsAngels Helping UsTransparencyWater, As A Symbol Of LifeRiver Of LifeRiversRunning Water From GodwaterfallsA Quiet Life

Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: Verse ConceptsPeace, Divine In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversSeaThings Like The SeaPeople In RighteousnessSea, Metaphorical ReferencesBlessings Of Obediencewholeness

Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialSwimmingDepthingMeasuring Jerusalem And The Land

And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutBodyMedicineMessengerRivers And StreamsWashingMiracles Of ElishaSeven TimesIn The Jordan

And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan. Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesStandingMotionlessnessComing To RestWalking Through WaterIn The JordanPriests In Actionpriests

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsAssyria, Facts OfRiver TigrisRivers

Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsUnbelief, Examples OfAngry People

The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; Verse ConceptsThings Surrounding

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofCommands, in OTKept Alive By MenDeath Of All MalesKilling IsraelitesThe King's Orders

The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsDeterminationRiver Kishon

From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families;

And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. Verse ConceptsAngels as God's servantsAnnunciationsCanalsHearing God's VoiceUnderstanding God's Wordgabriel

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