the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. Cross References Genesis 14:3 The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). Exodus 14:21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, Deuteronomy 1:1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan--in the Arabah opposite Suph--between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. Deuteronomy 3:17 The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east. Joshua 3:13 When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD--the Lord of all the earth--touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap." 1 Kings 4:12 Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam; 1 Kings 7:46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan. Psalm 33:7 He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses. Psalm 66:6 He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him. Psalm 74:15 You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers. Psalm 114:3 The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; Psalm 114:5 Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, Isaiah 50:2 Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst. Ezekiel 47:8 And he said to me, "This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh. Nahum 1:4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts. Habakkuk 3:8 Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation? Treasury of Scripture That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up on an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. rose up Joshua 3:13 Psalm 29:10 Psalm 77:19 Zaretan 1 Kings 4:12 Zartanah 1 Kings 7:46 Zarthan Joshua 15:2 Genesis 14:3 Numbers 34:3 |