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