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Arbathite - (ahr' bath ite) Resident of Beth-
Arabah (2 Samuel 23:31 ). See Beth-
Arabah
Champaign - Hebrew has preposition meaning in front of or opposite Gilgal and
Arabah. See
Arabah
ar'Bathite, - a native of the
Arabah or Ghor . [
Arabah ] Abi-albon the Arbathite was one of David's mighty men
Laban (1) - Perhaps Libnah (Numbers 33:20); near the Elanitic gulf or the
Arabah desert. of the
Arabah, N
Arabah - The Hebrews used the word
Arabah to denote semi-desert land. The Dead Sea, which was the deepest part of this long valley, was known as the Sea of the
Arabah (Deuteronomy 3:17). (For details see PALESTINE, sub-heading
Arabah’
Arabah - Thence to the gulf of Akaba it resumes its old name, wady el
Arabah. In Joshua 11:16; Joshua 12:8, the
Arabah takes its place among the natural divisions of the country, and in Deuteronomy 3:17 in connection with the sea of Chinnereth (Gennesareth) and the Dead Sea. ...
In the plural it is connected with either Jericho or Moab; the
Arabah being in Jericho's case W.
Arabah was the scene of Israel's wanderings in the wilderness, N. They went down the
Arabah southwards (after Edom's refusal to let them pass), from mount Hor, toward the head of the gulf, then up one of the left wadies, by the back of mount Seir to Moab.
Arabah circles of verdure are scarce, such as are met in the Ghor. crowned with the table land of "the wilderness of the wanderings" (et Tih), and rise 1500 feet above the
Arabah. It goes not, as En, Nukb, from the
Arabah to the plateau, but from it to a level 1000 feet higher. ; the
Arabah N. and the
Arabah on the S. The
Arabah begins level with their summit. ...
The wady el Jeib is the drain of the
Arabah, and the route for entering the valley from the N. The supposition that the Jordan once flowed through the
Arabah into the Red Sea is not likely; for the Red Sea and the Mediterranean are nearly on one level. The northern part of the
Arabah drains into the Dead Sea, the land rising from the N
Willows, Brook of the - In Amos 6:14 nachal ha'
Arabah "the brook of the
Arabah. in the
Arabah, and flows into the southern end of the Dead Sea, so that in Amos' time Moab's southern bound was now become Israel's southern bound and Israel had no enemy W. end of the peninsula of the Dead Sea, so that
Arabah in Amos 6:14 may mean "willow brook" instead of brook of the
Arabah, or Ghor, the southern continuation of the depressed valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea, toward the Red Sea
Arbathite - Native of the northern
Arabah, or el-Ghor
Champaign - The word is
Arabah, Deuteronomy 11:30 , and is elsewhere translated 'plain, desert, wilderness
Arbathite - ‘A native of Beth-
Arabah,’ a town in the wilderness of Judah ( Joshua 15:6 ; Joshua 15:51 ; Joshua 18:22 )
Brook of Zered - The Brook of Zered is the same as the Brook of the Willows (Isaiah 15:7 ), the dry stream bed of 2 Kings 3:16 (see 2 Kings 3:22 ), and perhaps the same as the Brook of the
Arabah (Amos 6:14 ), though see Brook of the
Arabah
Beth-Arabah - One of the six cities of Judah, situated in the
Arabah or sunken valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea; between Bethhoglah and the high land on the W
Bithron - " a district in the
Arabah or Jordan valley E
Arabah - where it should read 'the
Arabah,' Joshua 18:18 ; but it occurs in many other passages where it is translated 'a plain' or 'the plain,' and is also translated 'desert,' 'wilderness,' etc. ' About 7 miles south of the Dead Sea the plain is crossed by some hills: all north of this is now called el-Ghor, but the plain south of it retains the name of the Wady-el-
Arabah. But this is not probable, for the Dead Sea is nearly 1,300 feet below the sea, and the southern part is from end to end higher than the Ghor, The width of the
Arabah is in some parts about 15 miles, but further south not more than 3 or 4. The southern end is also called the Wilderness of Zin, and it was in this part of the
Arabah that a good deal of the wanderings of the people of Israel took place, before they turned to the east and left the plain on their left. ...
There can be no doubt that scripture uses the name '
Arabah' for the whole of the plain, both north and south
Moserah - Moserah lay probably on the western side of the
Arabah under the mountain bluff; now el Makrah
Salt, Valley of - It is supposed to be in the northern part of the
Arabah valley, south of the Dead Sea
Zin, Wilderness of - ) It probably stretched from the
Arabah on the E. as the
Arabah, and as far W. ) The
Arabah separated it from the mountains of Edom
Halak, the Mount - of the Dead Sea; the southern limit of the Ghor, the northern limit of the
Arabah
Zephath - The site is identified with khirbet Masas on the main road from Beer-sheba to the
Arabah valley
Brooks of the Willows - The Hebrew name can be read as a plural form of the Brook of the
Arabah, but two separate waterways are meant
Beth-ar'Abah - (house of the desert ), one of the six cities of Judah which were situated down in the
Arabah, the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea, ( Joshua 15:61 ) on the north border of the tribe
Wagon - The Oriental wagon, or
Arabah , is a vehicle composed of two or three planks fixed on two solid circular blocks of wood from two to five feet in diameter, which serve as wheels
Desert -
Arabah.
Arabah in the sense of the Jordan valley is translated by the word "desert" only in Ezekiel 47:8 A. reads
Arabah
Desert -
Arabah . [
Arabah ]
Arabah in the sense of the Jordan valley is translated by the word "desert" only in (Ezekiel 47:8 ) ...
MIDBAR
e'Zion-ga'Ber, - It probably stood at Ain el-Ghudyan , about ten miles up what is now the dry bed of the
Arabah, but which was probably then the northern end of the gulf
Teman - It was divided from the hills of Paran by the low plain of
Arabah (Habakkuk 3:3 )
Irnahash - ” Modern deir Nahhas about five and one half miles north of Lydda or khirbet Nahash on the northern end of the
Arabah
Hashmonah - of the
Arabah, is a pool still of sweet living water, surrounded by verdure, and with traces of ruins (Robinson, Biblical Research, 2:119)
Eziongaber or Eziongeber - Probably the same as Ain el Ghudyan, now ten miles up the dry bed of the
Arabah, the sea having receded
Seir - The name of a mountainous district east of the ‘
Arabah, peopled by the Edomites
Zalmonah - Others place Zalmonah in the wady Ithm, which runs into the
Arabah near Elath
Hor - side of the
Arabah, close to Petra. The host encamped in the
Arabah below at Moseroth (Numbers 33:30), or Mosera (Deuteronomy 10:6). " Moses' death was in solitude, but with Gilead's heights, and Benjamin's hills, and the rich Jordan valley in view; whereas Aaron's last looks rested on rugged Edom, and chalky mount Seir, and the red sandstone rocks round Petra, and the dreary
Arabah
Kadesh or Kadesh-Barnea - It is said, in Numbers 20:16 , to lie in the "uttermost border of Edom," and was probably situated very near the great valley El-
Arabah, south of the Dead Sea. Robinson found a watering place answering well to the indications in Scripture, on the western border of El-
Arabah, about twenty-seven miles from the Dead Sea
Shit'Tim - " it was "in the Arboth-moab, by Jordan-Jericho," (Numb 22:1; 26:3; 31:12; 33:48,49 That is to say, it was in the
Arabah or Jordan valley, opposite Jericho
Hor, Mount - It is the range of mountains on the eastern side of the wady
Arabah; from which the scene of mountain peaks is described as awfully majestic
Arabah - Control of the
Arabah along with control of the Red Sea port on its southern end meant control of valuable trade routes and sea routes connecting to southern Arabia and eastern Africa. Sea of the
Arabah is the Dead Sea. The brook of the
Arabah represents the southern border of Israel (Amos 6:14 ), possibly the River Zered, the wadi el-Qelt, or the wadi Hefren
Abiel - One of David’s heroes ( 1 Chronicles 11:32 ), from Beth-
Arabah in the wilderness of Judah ( Joshua 15:6 ; Joshua 15:61 ; Joshua 18:22 )
Punon - ” Edomite mining center located at the junction of the wadi el-Gheweil and wadi esh-Sheqer on the east side of the
Arabah about twenty-five miles south of the Dead Sea
Gebal - of the Dead Sea, whose inhabitants made a league with Edomites, Moabites, and the Bedouin of the
Arabah against Israel, on some unknown occasion ( Psalms 83:7 ), possibly the Gentile attack described in 1Ma 5:1-68
Zin - (flat ), the name given to a portion of the desert tract between the Dead Sea, Ghor , and
Arabah on the east, and the general plateau of the Tih which stretches westward
Hor - A mountain of a conical form in the range of mount Seir, on the east side of the
Arabah, or great valley running from the Dead sea to the Elanitic gulf
Desert -
Arabah (now the Ghor) is the designation of the sunken valley N. In the prophets and poetical books
Arabah is used generally for a waste (Isaiah 35:1). (See
Arabah
Suph - A place-name in Deuteronomy 1:1 ‘In the
Arabah over against Suph’; AV [Note: Authorized Version
Paran - Abounding in foliage, or abounding in caverns, (Genesis 21:21 ), a desert tract forming the north-eastern division of the peninsula of Sinai, lying between the '
Arabah on the east and the wilderness of Shur on the west
Arabah - But the Ghor is sometimes spoken of as extending 10 miles south of the Dead Sea, and thence to the Gulf of Akabah on the Red Sea is called the Wady el-
Arabah
Arabah -
Arabah . Israel traversed the
Arabah when they went to Kadesh-barnea, and again when they returned to the south to avoid passing through the land of Edom ( Numbers 20:21 ; Numbers 21:4 , Deuteronomy 2:6 )
Mehunims - This word is in Hebrew the plural of Ma'on, and thus denotes the Maonites who inhabited the country on the eastern side of the Wady el-
Arabah
Salt, Valley of - This valley (the'
Arabah) is between Judah and Edom on the south of the Dead Sea
se'ir - " (Genesis 14:6 ) It is the original name of the mountain range extending along the east side of the valley of
Arabah, from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic, Golf. The Mount Seir of the: Bible extended much farther south than the modern province, as is shown by the words of (2:1-8) It had the
Arabah on the west, vs
Edom - (ee' duhm) The area southeast and southwest of the Dead Sea, on opposite sides of the
Arabah, was known as Edom in biblical times and was the home of the Edomites. Yet not all of Edom was wilderness; the vicinity of present-day Tafileh and Buseireh, east of the
Arabah, is fairly well watered, cultivable land, and would have boasted numerous villages during Old Testament times. ”...
Most of the biblical passages pertaining to Edom refer to this Edomite center east of the
Arabah. Yet there are other passages which presuppose that the territory west of the
Arabah, south of the Judean hill country and separating Judah from the Gulf of Aqaba, was also part of Edom. Apparently this secured Davidic control of the Edomite area west of the
Arabah as well as access to the Gulf of Aqaba. ...
By New Testament times a people of Arabic origin known as the Nabateans had established a commercial empire with its center in the formerly Edomite territory east of the
Arabah. Only the formerly Edomite territory west of the
Arabah was still known as Idumea (Edom)
Seir - ...
...
The name of a mountainous region occupied by the Edomites, extending along the eastern side of the
Arabah from the south-eastern extremity of the Dead Sea to near the Akabah, or the eastern branch of the Red Sea
Idumaea - ] only in Mark 3:8 ) of the name Edom , originally the territory east of the Jordan-
Arabah valley and south of the land of Moab. ...
After the fall of Babylon the pressure of the desert Arabs forced the Edomites across the Jordan-
Arabah valley, and the people and name were extended westward
Wilderness of the Wandering, - It was bordered on the east by the valley of the
Arabah, which runs from the Dead Sea to the head of the eastern branch of the Red Sea. Toward the close of the forty years from Egypt they again assembled at Kadesh, and, once more under the leadership of the Shechinah, they marched down the
Arabah on their way to the promised land
Dizahab - The writer of Deuteronomy 1:1 thought of this as a town on the further side of the Jordan, in the ‘
Arabah, on the border of Moab, ‘over against Suph,’ and as belonging to a group of places which he names. If ‘Ain el-Huderah , between Jebel Musa and ‘Akabah, represents a Hazeroth , and if Laban = Libnah ( Numbers 33:20 ), not far from ‘Ain el-Huderah , these are at too great a distance from the ‘
Arabah
Hor - Mount Hor is situated on the eastern side of the great valley of the
Arabah , the highest and most conspicuous of the whole range of the sandstone mountains of Edom, having close beneath it on its: eastern side the mysterious; city of Petra. " Its height Isaiah 4800 feet above the Mediterranean; that is to say, about 1700 feet above the town of Petra, 4800 above the level of the
Arabah, and more than 6000 above the Dead Sea
Gebal - It is the northern part of the range of mountains skirting the eastern side of the great valley El-
Arabah, which runs from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea, Psalm 83:7
Zephath - Now the pass es Sufa from the
Arabah border up to the high level of the S
Edom - The country extended from the Dead Sea southward to the Gulf of Akabah, and from the valley of the
Arabah eastward to the desert of Arabia, being about 125 miles long and 30 miles wide
Ezion-Geber - It is supposed that anciently the north end of the gulf flowed further into the country than now, as far as 'Ain el-Ghudyan, which Isaiah 10 miles up the dry bed of the
Arabah, and that Ezion-geber may have been there
Paran, or el-Paran - Genesis 14:6 , a large tract of desert country lying south of Palestine, and west of the valley El
Arabah, which runs from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akaba
Edom - It was a mountainous region, divided down the centre by a semi-desert valley known as the
Arabah. (For details of the
Arabah see PALESTINE. From Ezion-geber it went north over the mountainous plateau on the east of the
Arabah to Moab, Ammon and Syria. In their search for refuge and security, many Edomites moved west across the
Arabah and settled in Judean territory around Hebron
Hor - , the western, side of the
Arabah
Abel-Shittim - That is to say, it was in the
Arabah or Jordan valley opposite Jericho, at that part which belonged to Moab, where the streams from the eastern mountains flourished many acacias
Salt, Valley of - (See EDOM Near the salt mountain (Usdum), the upper part of the
Arabah or plain S
ba'Shan - It extended from the "border of Gilead" on the south to Mount Hermon on the north, (3:3,10,14; Joshua 12:5 ; 1 Chronicles 5:23 ) and from the
Arabah or Jordan valley on the west to Salchah (Sulkhad ) and the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites on the east
Siddim, the Vale of - The plain is in part enclosed between the southern end of the lake and the heights which terminate the Ghor and commence the wady
Arabah
ar'Abah - From their summits, southward to the Gulf of Akabah, the valley changes its name, or, it would be more accurate to say, retains old name of Wady el-
Arabah
Wilderness - ...
...
'
Arabah, the name given to the valley from the Dead Sea to the eastern branch of the Red Sea. In Deuteronomy 1:1 ; 2:8 , it is rendered "plain" (RSV, "
Arabah")
Hormah - frontier of Canaan, the pass by which Israel probably ascended from the Et Tih desert and the
Arabah. from the
Arabah, past Rakhmah or Hormah, would come to the wide plain, es Sir, the "Seir" of Deuteronomy 1:44
Wilderness - What is known distinctively as the "wilderness of the Wandering" is the great central limestone plateau between the granite region of Sinai on the south, the sandy desert on the north, and the valley of the
Arabah on the east
Seir, Mount - of the
Arabah, or "the plain from Elath and Ezion Geber. When Israel was refused leave to go the direct route to Moab through Edom's valleys (Numbers 20:20-21) they marched circuitously round the mountains down the
Arabah between the limestone cliffs of the Tih on the W
Kabzeel - of the Dead Sea, the bed of a torrent descending from the
Arabah to the Ghor
Elath - The great sand valley called El-
Arabah, and towards the north El-Ghor, runs from this gulf to the Dead Sea
pa'Ran, el-pa'Ran - (peace of caverns ), a desert or wilderness, bounded on the north by Palestine, on the east by the valley of
Arabah, on the south by the desert of Sinai, and on the west by the wilderness of Etham, which separated it from the Gulf of Suez and Egypt
Desert - ...
Arabah often appears as a synonym for midbar .
Arabah is never used to describe pasturelands. It serves as the eastern boundary of the Promised Land and is often translated, “plain,” if it is not transliterated as “
Arabah” ( Deuteronomy 3:17 ; Joshua 12:1 )
Tamar - If identical with 4, this Tamar likely served as a supply depot for Solomon's mines in the
Arabah and as a frontier post to guard the border with Edom
Sid'Dim - Robinson and others in identifying the valley of Siddim with the enclosed plain which intervenes between the south end of the lake and the range of heights which terminate the Ghor and commence the Wady
Arabah
Jabin - of the mountains of Naphtali and in the
Arabah S
Kadesh - It was "eleven days," or about 165 miles, distant from Horeb, Deuteronomy 1:2 : on the border of Edom, Numbers 20:16; not far from Gerar, Genesis 20:1; to the east of Bered, Genesis 16:14; in the desert of Zin, Numbers 20:1; Numbers 27:14; Numbers 33:36; Deuteronomy 32:51; and the point to which Chedorlaomer returned, having driven the Horites over the
Arabah into the Et Tih region, and then going northward
Desert - The name
Arabah is specially applied to the deep valley of the Jordan (the Ghor of the Arabs), which extends from the lake of Tiberias to the Elanitic gulf. While Midbar Denotes properly a pastoral region,
Arabah Denotes a wilderness. It is a symbol of temptation, solitude, and persecution ( Isaiah 27:10 , Midbar_; 33:9, _
Arabah )
Libnah - The Laban of Deuteronomy 1:1, near the
Arabah and Elanitic gulf. of the
Arabah
Paran - by the northern part of the Elanitic gulf, and the
Arabah dividing it from the Edom mountains. Not so wild looking as the
Arabah, nor yet relieved by such fertile valleys as lie amidst the granite mountains of Sinai
Hor - Mount Hor is on the western side of the great valley of the
Arabah, the highest and most conspicuous of the whole range of the sandstone mountains of Edom, having close beneath it on its eastern side the strange city of Petra
Paran - of Judah to the mountains of Sinai, having the
Arabah on the E
Rahab - When the Hebrews were encamped at Shittim, in the "
Arabah" or Jordan valley opposite Jericho, ready to cross the river, Joshua, as a final preparation, sent out two spies to "spy the land
Sela - This proves the abundance of the water supply, if husbanded, and agrees with the accounts of the former fertility of the district, in contrast to the barren
Arabah on the W
Hill - הָהָד was ‘the mountain’—the central range as distinguished from the plain and the Shephelah on the west, and the ‘
Arabah on the east
Gomorrah - Volcanic agency and earthquake, accompanying the fire shower, may have produced the deep depression of the sea, and so arrested the Jordan's original onward course through the
Arabah into the gulf of Akabah. He thinks that the southern bed of the sea was formerly deeper than now, and that it was raised by deposits brought from the
Arabah
Weather - Temperatures along the Dead Sea and
Arabah remain above 90 degrees Farenheit for weeks on end
e'Dom, Idumae'a - It embraced the narrow mountainous tract (about 100 miles long by 20 broad) extending along the eastern side of the
Arabah from the northern end of the Gulf of Elath to near the southern end of the Dead Sea
Exodus - ...
Breaking up at this time from Sinai, they marched northwards through the desert of Paran, or perhaps along the eastern arm of the Red Sea and north through El-
Arabah, to Kadesh-barnea, near the southeast border of Canaan. This they did, wandering from one station to another in the great desert of Paran, lying south of Palestine, and also in the great sandy valley called El-Ghor and chiefly El-
Arabah, which extends from the Dead Sea to the gulf of Akaba, the eastern arm of the Red Sea. While thus a second time encamped at Kadesh, Moses sent to the king of Idumaea, to ask liberty to pass through his dominions, that is, through the chain of mountains (mount Seir) lying along the eastern side of the great valley El-
Arabah. Proceeding southward along the valley El-
Arabah to Ezion-gaber, at the head of the eastern gulf of the Red Sea, they here passed through the eastern mountains, and then turned north along the eastern desert, by the route which the great Syrian caravan of Mohammedan pilgrims now passes in going to Mecca
Copper - The Hebrews mined a limited supply in the
Arabah, the region south of the Dead Sea
Red Sea - Between the latter and the Bay of Akabah lies the
Arabah
Dead Sea - ), the ‘sea of the
Arabah’ ( Deuteronomy 3:17 ; Deuteronomy 4:49 ), the ‘east or eastern sea’ ( Ezekiel 47:18 , Joel 2:20 )
Edom - ...
Edom (100 miles long, 20 broad) stretched Edom of the
Arabah valley, southward as far as Elath. At Kadesh Edom came out against Israel, on the latter marching eastward across the
Arabah to reach the Jordan River through Edom, and offering to pay for provisions and water; for the rocky country there enabled them to oppose Israel. ...
But Edom dared not resist Israel's passage along their eastern border, which is more defenseless than their frontier toward the
Arabah. At the Babylonian captivity they seized on the Amalekite territory, and even Hebron in southern Judaea, so that Idumaea came to mean the region between the
Arabah and the Mediterranean
Dead Sea - But terraces of alluvial deposits in the deep valley of the Jordan show that formerly one great lake extended from the Waters of Merom to the foot of the watershed in the
Arabah
Salt Sea - It is called, 'the Salt Sea' in Numbers 34:3,12 ; Deuteronomy 3:17 ; Joshua 3:16 ; 'the Sea of the plain' ('Sea of the
Arabah,' R
Sela - He says, "At the distance of a two long days' journey northeast from Akabah, is a rivulet and valley in the Djebel Shera, on the east side of the
Arabah, called Wady Mousa. The valley of Petra, 2,200 feet above the great valley El-
Arabah, is about a mile long from north to south, and half a mile wide, with numerous short ravines in its sides, making its whole circuit perhaps four miles
Edom - It was called the land, or "the mountain of Seir," the rough hills on the east side of the
Arabah
Midianite - After the Exodus, the Midianites were friendly to the Israelites so long as they traversed only their outlying pasture-ground on the west of the
Arabah; but when, having passed the southern end of Edom, they entered into the land of Midian proper, they joined with Balak, the king of Moab, in a conspiracy against them (Numbers 22:4-7 )
Ham - , and the
Arabah on the S
Salt (2) - "of the
Arabah," Deuteronomy 4:49; 2 Kings 14:25; the "salt sea," Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 3:16; Joshua 12:3; the "east sea," Joel 2:20; Ezekiel 47:18; Zechariah 14:8; and "the sea," Ezekiel 47:8
Sea, the Salt - "The sea of the plain" (
Arabah): Deuteronomy 3:17; Deuteronomy 4:49; Joshua 3:16. Possibly the Jordan originally flowed on through the
Arabah into the gulf of Akabah. ...
Before the close of the eocene period the sea flowed the whole length of the Ghor and
Arabah connecting them with the Red Sea; it is in fact a pool left by the retreating ocean
Transjordan - The most prominent topographical feature of Palestine is the Jordan River Valley, referred to in the Old Testament as the “
Arabah” and called today, in Arabic, the Ghor. (4) Wady Hesa—probably the ancient Zered but not absolutely certain—would have separated Moab from Edom and enters the
Arabah at the southern end of the Dead Sea
Bethabara - ] (including א* ABC*) the Revised Version NT 1881, OT 1885 has retained here the reading ‘Bethany,’ with marginal alternatives ‘Bethabarah’ and ‘Beth
Arabah. ; or ‘house of the
Arabah or Jordan Valley,’ cf. נַחַל הָעֲרְבִים Isaiah 15:7) is possibly a reminiscence of the Beth-
Arabah of Joshua 15:6; Joshua 15:61 in the plain of Jericho, or it may be due merely to an accidental transposition of letters
Plain - ] by ‘plain’ (‘plains’) and ‘desert’ (or ‘wilderness’), but in Joshua 18:18 it is transliterated ‘
Arabah
Canaan - The Jordan valley,
Arabah, now the Ghor, reaches from the sea of Chinneroth, or Galilee, to the S. The
Arabah, reaching from the foot of mount Hermon to the gulf of Akabah, is the most remarkable depression on the earth. THE PLAIN or CHAMPAIGN (the
Arabah, Joshua 18:18, i. "the sterile place ") originally (Deuteronomy 2:8, where "the plain" is the
Arabah; compare Deuteronomy 1:1) comprehended the whole valley from Lebanon to the gulf of Akabah. of the Holy Land wady el
Arabah
Bashan - , the
Arabah or Jordan valley on the W
Arabia - The
Arabah, originally restricted to one wady, came to be applied to all Arabia. (See
Arabah
Idumea - A large part of it was occupied by the long chain of mountains lying between the great sandy valley El-Ghor and El-
Arabah on the west, (see Genesis 27:39
Sea, the Salt, - -- (1) The Salt Sea, (Genesis 14:3 ) (2) Sea of the
Arabah (Authorized Version "sea of the plain," which is found in (4:49) ); (3) The East Sea (Joel 2:20 ) (4) The sea, (Ezekiel 47:8 ) (5) Sodomitish Sea, 2Esdras; (6) Sea of Salt and Sea of Sodom, in the Talmud; (7) The Asphaltic Lake, in Josephus; (8) The name "Dead Sea" appears to have been first used in Greek by Pausanias and Galen, and in Latin (mare mortuum ) by Justin xxxvi. ) The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah may have been by volcanic action, but it may be safely asserted that no traces of it have yet been discovered, and that, whatever it was, it can have had no connection with that far vaster and far more ancient event which opened the great valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, and at some subsequent time cut it off from communication with the Red Sea by forcing up between them the tract of the Wady
Arabah
Red Sea - The
Arabah or Ghor connects it with the Dead Sea and Jordan valley
Sea - 14:3), the
Arabah (Deut
Numbers, Book of - of the ‘
Arabah. of the ‘
Arabah and the Jordan. of the ‘
Arabah, apparently disregards the detour by the Red Sea and by the E
Jordan - The southern end of the Dead Sea is found to be connected with the Elanitic gulf, or gulf of Akaba, by the great valley, called El-
Arabah, forming a prolongation of El-Ghor, the valley of the Jordan
Jordan - Yet it is remarkable as the river of the great plain (ha
Arabah, now el Ghor) of the Holy Land, flowing through the whole from N. " The upper terrace immediately under the hills is covered with vegetation; under that is the
Arabah or desert plain, barren in its southern part except where springs fertilize it, but fertile in its northern part and cultivated by irrigation
Kadesh-Barnea - It was an oasis town between the Wilderness of Zin to the north, the Wilderness of Paran to the south, the Wilderness of Shur to the west, and the
Arabah to the east (Genesis 16:7; Genesis 16:14; Genesis 20:1; Numbers 13:26; Numbers 20:1; see PALESTINE)
Numbers, the Book of - The excessive hardships detailed Deuteronomy 1:19; Deuteronomy 8:15, belong to the closing marches of the 40th year through the
Arabah, not to the whole period (Numbers 21:4). the
Arabah is a mountain plain of loose sand and granite gravel, with little food or water, and troubled with sand storms from the gulf
Wilderness of the Wanderings - ...
The hardships alluded to (Deuteronomy 1:19; Deuteronomy 2:3; Deuteronomy 8:15) refer to the 4Oth year marches through the
Arabah, which seemed the worse by contrast with the fertile plains of Moab which they next reached. " Down the
Arabah between the limestone cliffs of the Tih on the W
Esau - Thus he became connected with the Ishmaelite tribes beyond the
Arabah valley
Joram - But a name much more frequent in the OT is ‘
Arabah, which was applied to the valley to the north as well as that to the south of the Dead Sea; nowadays the name ‘
Arabah, which has been preserved, is applied only to the valley to the south of the Dead Sea. , ‘
Arabah is rendered Αὐλών
Jordan - The broad and ever-descending valley through which the Jordan flows is called by the Arabs the Ghôr or ‘bottom’; to the Hebrews it was known as the ‘
Arabah
Benjamin - " Up these western passes the Philistines advanced against Saul in the beginning of his reign, and drove him to Gilgal in the
Arabah, occupying from Michmash to Ajalon
Ishmael - ")...
After God's saving them they "dwelt in the wilderness of Paran," the El Tih, the desert of Israel's wanderings; stretching from the wady
Arabah on the E
Sea - That of Akaba is connected with the Dead Sea by the great sand valley El
Arabah described under the article Zechariah 10:11 , both the Red Sea and the Nile appear to be mentioned
Aaron - While Israel in going down the wady
Arabah, to double the mountainous land of Edom, was encamped at Mosera, he ascended Mount Hor at God's command
Palestine - The fault is part of a system that extends north to form the valley between the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon chains, also extending south to form the Dead Sea, the dry
Arabah Valley, the Gulf of Aqabah, and, eventually, the chain of lakes on the African continent
Palestine - of the Dead Sea crosses between the valley of the Jordan and the wady el
Arabah running to the Red Sea