Thematic Bible: Jordan


Thematic Bible



And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over 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

Moreover the children of Ammon passed over 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 mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.

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

And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that 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 took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which 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 Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. Verse ConceptsDawnDaybreakUntil Daybreak

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

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

And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, 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 Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleTirednessThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveTired In PursuitNot Giving Uptiredgideon

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

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

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

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

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by 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 Jordan near Jericho, saying, Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

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

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of 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 Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. Verse ConceptsClay

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

And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his 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 if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceRunningPeople StumblingThe Region Of JordanTired In ActivityRace

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by 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 Jordan near Jericho. Verse ConceptsCensusThe Region Of Jordan

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

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to 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 Jordan. Verse ConceptsJohn The BaptistChrist's BaptismIn The Jordan


And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of 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 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 the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, 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 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, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD 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 to view afar off: and they two stood by 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 Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his 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 carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; Verse ConceptsBoatsProstrationBowing Before DavidFords

And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted 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 Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: Verse ConceptsEastern Borders

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

There is a river, the streams whereof shall 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 shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear 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

O 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 over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialSwimmingDepthingMeasuring Jerusalem And The Land

And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in 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 water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in 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 toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsAssyria, Facts OfRiver TigrisRivers

Are not Abana and Pharpar, 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 Pison: 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 of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsDeterminationRiver Kishon

The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

And I heard a man's voice between the banks of 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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