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Sea of the Arabah

5 mentions in 3 books, most in Deuteronomy (2)

Where it is

JeruelJeruelZereth-shaharZereth-shaharCity of SaltCity of SaltArArKiriathaimArnonArnonSea of the Arabahabout 57 km across

31.54° N, 35.48° E · Located through Salt Sea · water

Coordinates and map: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · drawn without map tiles

Mentioned most in

Deuteronomy · 2Joshua · 22 Kings · 1
Counted from 5 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

5 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Deuteronomy 2 mentions

Deuteronomy 3:17the Arabah also, and the Jordan and its border, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.Deuteronomy 4:49and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.

Joshua 2 mentions

Joshua 3:16the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even…Joshua 12:3and the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth Jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:

2 Kings 1 mention

2 Kings 14:25He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to Yahweh, the God of Israel’s word, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of…

What the dictionary says

See DEAD SEA.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
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