Thematic Bible: Jordan


Thematic Bible



And it was told to David. And he gathered all Israel and passed over Jordan and came on them. And he set in order against them. And David set in order against the Syrians, and they fought with him. Verse ConceptsAssembling Israel

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

And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take the waters to Beth-barah and Jordan before them. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves. And they captured the waters to Beth-barah and Jordan.

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

And the Gileadites took the fords of Jordan before the Ephraimites. And it happened that when one of those Ephraimites who had escaped said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And he said, No. And they said to him, Please say Shibboleth. And he said, Sibboleth, for he could not manage to pronounce it right. Then they took him and killed him at the passages of Jordan. And there fell at that time forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites.

And the men went after them on the way to Jordan, to the fords. And when they who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsPursuing PeopleShutting GatesFords

Then David and all the people with him arose. And they passed over Jordan. By the morning light there was not one of them that had not gone over Jordan. Verse ConceptsDawnDaybreakUntil Daybreak

And 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 You have done to Your servant. For with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two bands. Verse ConceptsKindnessHumilityStaffHumility, Examples OfTwo GroupsRiver CrossingsWalking With A StaffGod Showed His Lovingkindness

And he said to them, Follow after me. For Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and did not allow a man to pass over. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsFordsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

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

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

And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the circuit of Jordan, that it was all well watered (before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,) like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar. Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureYielding To TemptationDestruction Of Cities

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

And the sons of Israel pulled up stakes 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 spoke with them in the plains of Moab beside Jordan at Jericho, saying, Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

The king cast them in the plain of Jordan, in the thick soil of the ground between Succoth and Zarethan. Verse ConceptsClayClay, Uses

And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the circuit of Jordan, that it was all well watered (before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,) like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar. And Lot chose all the circuit of Jordan for himself. And Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves from one another. Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the circuit and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

And it happened, when all the kings of the Amorites who were on the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that Jehovah had dried up the waters of Jordan in front of the sons of Israel until we had passed over, that their hearts melted. Neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the sons of Israel. Verse ConceptsIndependencedrynessWestMeltingDry LandBeyond JordanLosing CourageOvercoming Obstacles


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

The king cast them in the plain of Jordan, in the thick soil of the ground between Succoth and Zarethan. Verse ConceptsClayClay, Uses

and as those who bore the ark had come to Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for Jordan overflows all its banks, all the time of harvest); Verse ConceptsHarvestWalking Through WaterSwellingFeet In Action

If you have run with footmen, and they wore you out, then how can you compete with horses? And if you feel secure in the land of peace, then how will you do in the swelling of the Jordan? Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceRunningPeople StumblingThe Region Of JordanTired In ActivityRace

And the sons of Israel pulled up stakes and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyRivers And StreamsBeyond JordanCamping During The Exodus

These are those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab beside Jordan at Jericho. Verse ConceptsCensusThe Region Of Jordan

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

Then Jesus came from Galilee to Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him. Verse ConceptsChrist's BaptismIn The JordanBaptismTrinity

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


And all the land of Judea, and those of Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismRevival, CorporateRivers And StreamsBaptised By JohnIn The JordanSin Confessedconfessing

And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come to you, and you shall be clean. But Naaman was angry, and went away. And he said, Behold, I said within myself, He will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of Jehovah 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? And he turned and went away in a rage. read more.
And his servants came near and spoke to him and said, My father, if the prophet had told you to do a great thing, would you not have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you, Wash and be clean? And he went down and dipped seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God. And his flesh came again like the flesh of a little boy, and he was clean.

And Elijah said to him, Please stay here, for Jehovah has sent me to Jordan. And he said, As Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And the two of them went on. And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went on and stood afar off across from them. And both of them stood by the Jordan. And Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up, and struck the waters. And they were divided here and there, so that both of them crossed over on dry ground.

These were they who went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks. And they put all those of the valleys to flight, toward the east and toward the west. Verse ConceptseastMonth 1Peoples Who Fled

And they had crossed over the ford 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 had come over Jordan. Verse ConceptsBoatsProstrationBowing Before DavidFords

And he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the waters, and said, Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah, even He? And he also hit the waters, and they parted here and there. And Elisha went over. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersMiracles Of ElishaDivision Of WatersWaters DividedWhere Is God?

And the east border, the Salt Sea to 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 satisfied with the fatness of Your house; and You shall make them drink of the river of Your pleasures. Verse ConceptsAbundance, SpiritualPlenty Through GodAbundancehomecoming

There is a river, its channels gladden the city of God glad, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemHoly Spirit, Types OfRiverspotential

And he showed 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

Oh that you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. Verse ConceptsPeace, Divine In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversSeaThings Like The SeaPeople In RighteousnessSea, Metaphorical ReferencesBlessings Of Obediencewholeness

And he measured a thousand; and there was a torrent which I was not able to pass; for the water had risen, water to swim in, a torrent that could not be passed. Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialSwimmingDepthingMeasuring Jerusalem And The Land

And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come to you, and you shall be clean. Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutBodyMedicineMessengerRivers And StreamsWashingMiracles Of ElishaSeven TimesIn The Jordan

And you shall command the priests that carry the ark of the covenant, saying, When you have come to the brink of the water of Jordan, you 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 Tigris; it is that which goes 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? And 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 surrounds all the land of Havilah, where there is gold. Verse ConceptsThings Surrounding

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you 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, you trampled in strength. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsDeterminationRiver Kishon

The border went out from Tappuah westward to the river Kanah. And the boundary was at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim by their families.

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