Thematic Bible: Jordan


Thematic Bible



David was told of this, so he gathered all Israel and crossed the Jordan. He advanced against them and formed his battle lines opposite them. David formed his lines to meet the Arameans in battle, and they fought against him. Verse ConceptsAssembling Israel

The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel was greatly distressed. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttacking

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.

That night Abner and his men marched through the plains. They crossed the Jordan River and passed through the entire Bithron until they came to Mahanaim. Verse ConceptsWalking All Night

To keep the Ephraimites from escaping, the Gileadites captured the places where the Jordan could be crossed. When any Ephraimite who was trying to escape would ask permission to cross, the men of Gilead would ask: Are you an Ephraimite? If he said: No, they would tell him to say Shibboleth. But he would say Sibboleth, because he could not pronounce it correctly. Then they would kill him at the Jordan River crossing. Forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites were killed.

The men pursued them by the road to Jordan to the fords. As soon the pursuers went out they shut the gate. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsPursuing PeopleShutting GatesFords

So David and his men crossed the Jordan. By daybreak they had all gone across. Verse ConceptsDawnDaybreakUntil Daybreak

David went to the town of Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan River with the army of Israel.

I am less than nothing in comparison with all your love and your faithfulness to me your servant. I only had a stick in my hand when I traveled across Jordan. Now I have become two armies. Verse ConceptsKindnessHumilityStaffHumility, Examples OfTwo GroupsRiver CrossingsWalking With A StaffGod Showed His Lovingkindness

He said to them: Follow me! Jehovah has given you victory over your enemies, the Moabites. So they followed Ehud and captured the place where the Moabites were to cross the Jordan. They did not allow anyone to cross. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsFordsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

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Gideon and his three hundred men passed over the Jordan. Their pursuit continued. Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleTirednessThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveTired In PursuitNot Giving Uptiredgideon

The king returned to the Jordan River. The people of Judah went to Gilgal to meet the king and bring him across the Jordan River.

Barzillai, the man from Gilead, came from Rogelim with the king to the Jordan River to send him on his way.

Lot looked up and saw that the district of the Jordan River was well watered, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. This was before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureYielding To TemptationDestruction Of Cities

The king cast them in foundries in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah. Verse ConceptsClay

The Israelites moved and set up camp across from Jericho. They were on the plains of Moab east of the Jordan River. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyRivers And StreamsBeyond JordanCamping During The Exodus

Moses and the priest Eleazar spoke to the Israelites on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said: Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

He made them of liquid metal in the lowland district of the Jordan River. This was at the river crossing at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan. Verse ConceptsClayClay, Uses

Lot looked up and saw that the district of the Jordan River was well watered, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. This was before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company: Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.

When all the kings of the Amorites, on the west side of the Jordan River and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard that Jehovah dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we passed over, their hearts grew faint with fear. They were discouraged because of the children of Israel. Verse ConceptsIndependencedrynessWestMeltingDry LandBeyond JordanLosing CourageOvercoming Obstacles

The Red Sea looked at this and ran away. The Jordan River turned back. Verse ConceptsFleeing From GodA Way Through The Red SeaThe OceanThe SeaThe Presence Of God

The king cast them in foundries in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah. Verse ConceptsClay

He made them of liquid metal in the lowland district of the Jordan River. This was at the river crossing at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan. Verse ConceptsClayClay, Uses

As they carried the ark into the Jordan and the feet of the priests dipped into the water, for Jordan is at food stage at the time of harvest. Verse ConceptsHarvestWalking Through WaterSwellingFeet In Action

Jehovah says: Jeremiah, if you get tired racing against people, how can you race against horses? If you cannot even stand up in open country, how will you manage in the thicket by the Jordan? Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceRunningPeople StumblingThe Region Of JordanTired In ActivityRace

The Israelites moved and set up camp across from Jericho. They were on the plains of Moab east of the Jordan River. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyRivers And StreamsBeyond JordanCamping During The Exodus

Moses and the priest Eleazar added up the total number of Israelites on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho. Verse ConceptsCensusThe Region Of Jordan

Moses and the priest Eleazar spoke to the Israelites on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said: Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

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

Soon Jesus came from Nazareth in the province of Galilee. John baptized Jesus in the Jordan River. Verse ConceptsJohn The BaptistChrist's BaptismIn The Jordan


People from the province of Judea and the city of Jerusalem went out to hear John. They confessed their sins and he baptized them in the Jordan River. Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismRevival, CorporateRivers And StreamsBaptised By JohnIn The JordanSin Confessedconfessing

Elisha sent a servant to tell him to wash himself seven times in the Jordan River. He would then be completely cured of his disease. Naaman left in a rage, saying: I thought he would at least come out to me, pray to Jehovah his God, wave his hand over the diseased spot, and cure me! Are not the Abanah and Pharpar rivers in Damascus better than any river in Israel? I could have washed in them and been cured! read more.
His servants went up to him and said: If the prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would have done it. Now why can you not just wash yourself, as he said, and be cured? So Naaman went to the Jordan River and dipped himself in it seven times, as Elisha had instructed. He was completely cured. His flesh became firm and healthy like that of a child.

Then Elijah said to Elisha: Stay here for Jehovah has ordered me to go to the Jordan River. But Elisha answered: I swear by my loyalty to the living God Jehovah and to you that I will not leave you. So they went on, and fifty of the prophets followed them to the Jordan. Elijah and Elisha stopped by the river. The fifty prophets stood a short distance away. Then Elijah took off his cloak. He rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided, and he and Elisha crossed to the other side on dry ground.

They crossed the Jordan River during its seasonal flooding at the beginning of the year and drove out all the people living in the lowlands on both the east and west banks. Verse ConceptseastMonth 1Peoples Who Fled

They brought David's family and servants back across the river. They did everything he wanted them to do. Shimei crossed the Jordan River and bowed down in front of David. Verse ConceptsBoatsProstrationBowing Before DavidFords

Elisha struck the water with Elijah's cloak and said: Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah? Then he struck the water again, and it divided, and he walked over to the other side. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersMiracles Of ElishaDivision Of WatersWaters DividedWhere Is God?

The east border was the salt sea to the end of Jordan. Their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: Verse ConceptsEastern Borders

They drink their fill of the abundance of your house. You give them the river of your delights to drink. Verse ConceptsAbundance, SpiritualPlenty Through GodAbundancehomecoming

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

He showed me a pure river of water of life. It was clear as crystal and flowed 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

If only you had listened to my commandments! Your peace would be like a river that never runs dry. Your righteousness would be like waves on the sea. Verse ConceptsPeace, Divine In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversSeaThings Like The SeaPeople In RighteousnessSea, Metaphorical ReferencesBlessings Of Obediencewholeness

He measured another fifteen hundred feet. But the water had risen so much that it became a river that I could not cross. The river was too deep to cross except by swimming. Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialSwimmingDepthingMeasuring Jerusalem And The Land

Elisha sent a servant to tell him to wash himself seven times in the Jordan River. He would then be completely cured of his disease. Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutBodyMedicineMessengerRivers And StreamsWashingMiracles Of ElishaSeven TimesIn The Jordan

You will command the priests that bear the Ark of the Covenant, saying: 'When you come to the shore of the Jordan River you will stand still in the Jordan.' Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesStandingMotionlessnessComing To RestWalking Through WaterIn The JordanPriests In Actionpriests

The name of the third river is the Tigris. It runs along the east side of Asshur. The fourth river is the Euphrates. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsAssyria, Facts OfRiver TigrisRivers

Are not the Abanah and Pharpar rivers in Damascus better than any river in Israel? I could have washed in them and been cured! Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsUnbelief, Examples OfAngry People

The name of the first river is the Pishon. It winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. Verse ConceptsThings Surrounding

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: Every son who is born must be thrown into the Nile River. However, keep every daughter 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 flooding river swept them away. March on! March on and be strong. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsDeterminationRiver Kishon

The border went out from Tappuah westward to the river Kanah; and from there to the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

I heard a man's voice from the banks of the Ulai River. He called to Gabriel: Make this man understand the vision of the time of the end. Verse ConceptsAngels as God's servantsAnnunciationsCanalsHearing God's VoiceUnderstanding God's Wordgabriel