Eastern boundary of Canaan
  Numbers 34:12  
 Often overflowed
  Joshua 3:15; 1 Chronicles 12:15  
 Overflowing of, called the swelling of Jordan
  Jeremiah 12:5; 49:19  
 Empties itself into the Dead Sea
  Numbers 34:12  
 THE PLAINS OF   Thickly wooded
  2 Kings 6:2   
 Exceeding fertile
  Genesis 13:10   
 Infested with lions
  Jeremiah 49:19; 50:44   
 Afforded clay for moulding brass, &c
  1 Kings 7:46; 2 Chronicles 4:17   
 Chosen by Lot for a residence
  Genesis 13:11   
 Fordable in some places
  Joshua 2:7; Judges 12:5,6  
 Ferry boats often used on
  2 Samuel 19:18  
 REMARKABLE EVENTS CONNECTED WITH   Division of its waters to let Israel pass over
  Joshua 3:12-16; 5:1   
 Return of its waters to their place
  Joshua 4:18   
 Slaughter of Moabites
  Judges 3:28,29   
 Slaughter of the Ephraimites
  Judges 12:4-6   
 Its division by Elijah
  2 Kings 2:8   
 Its division by Elisha
  2 Kings 2:14   
 Healing of Naaman the leper
  2 Kings 5:10,14   
 Baptism of multitudes by John the Baptist
  Matthew 3:6; Mark 1:5; John 1:28   
 Baptism of our Lord
  Matthew 3:13,15; Mark 1:9   
 PASSAGE OF ISRAEL OVER   Promised
  Deuteronomy 4:22; 9:1; 11:31   
 In an appointed order
  Joshua 3:1-8   
 Preceded by priests with the ark
  Joshua 3:6,11,14   
 Successfully effected
  Joshua 3:17; 4:1,10,11   
 Commemorated by a pillar of stones raised in it
  Joshua 4:9   
 Commemorated by a pillar of stones in Gilgal
  Joshua 4:2-8,20-24   
 Alluded to
  Psalm 74:15; 114:3,5   
 A pledge that God would drive the Canaanites, &c out of Their land
  Joshua 3:10   
 The Jews had great pride in
  Zechariah 11:3  
 Despised by foreigners
  2 Kings 5:12  
 Moses not allowed to cross
  Deuteronomy 3:27; 31:2