Jordan, The River (Torrey's Topical Textbook)

(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Eastern boundary of Canaan
Numbers 34:12
Often overflowed
Joshua 3:15; I 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
  II Kings 6:2
- Exceeding fertile
  Genesis 13:10
- Infested with lions
  Jeremiah 49:19; 50:44
- Afforded clay for moulding brass, &c
  I Kings 7:46; II 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
II 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
  II Kings 2:8
- Its division by Elisha
  II Kings 2:14
- Healing of Naaman the leper
  II 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
  Psalms 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
II Kings 5:12
Moses not allowed to cross
Deuteronomy 3:27; 31:2