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Beyond the River

Beyond the River (Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E): region. Referenced in Ezra 4:10 , Ezra 4:11 , Ezra 4:16 , Ezra 4:17 , Ezra 4:20 . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Gospels & Ministry of Yeshua the Messiah —The four canonical Gospels— Matthew , Mark , Luke , and John —chronicle the birth of Yeshua (Jesus) in Bethlehem to Mary , his upbringing in Nazareth , baptism in the Jordan River , ministry across Galilee and Judea , and proclamation of the Kingdom of God .

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Beyond the River (region. Referenced in Ezra 4:10 , Ezra 4:11 , Ezra 4:16 , Ezra 4:17 , Ezra 4:20 .) River (Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 22:5 , Deut 11:24 , Josh 24:3 , Josh 24:14 , Josh 24:15 , Ps 72:8 (identified with Euphrates ).) Jordan (river. Referenced in Gen 32:10 , Gen 50:10 , Gen 50:11 , Num 13:29 , Num 22:1 .) Abana (Now Barada River. Referenced in 2 Kgs 5:12 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Ancient Babylon Scale Model (600 BC) — Architectural scale model of Neo-Babylonian Babylon around 600 BC from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , showing the Euphrates River dividing the walled city, the Processional Way, the Ishtar Gate , Nebuchadnezzar's Southern Palace, and the Etemenanki ziggurat precinct.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Ezra 6:6 : "Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar–bozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:"; Isaiah 18:1 : "Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia :"; Zephaniah 3:10 : "From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.". Related canonical books and chapters: Isaiah 18 ( Isaiah • Chapter 18 (7 verses)), Ezra 6 ( Ezra • Chapter 6 (22 verses)), Judith 1 ( Judith • Chapter 1 (16 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Beyond the River
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

region. Referenced in Ezra 4:10 , Ezra 4:11 , Ezra 4:16 , Ezra 4:17 , Ezra 4:20 .

River
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Biblical Place • Euphrates • 35.091°N, 40.428°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 22:5 , Deut 11:24 , Josh 24:3 , Josh 24:14 , Josh 24:15 , Ps 72:8 (identified with Euphrates ).

Jordan River Valley and Baptismal Waters
IMAGE • geography

The lower Jordan River near the traditional baptismal crossing opposite Jericho , associated with Elijah, Elisha, and John the Baptist.

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Jordan
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Biblical Place • Jordan Valley • 32.309°N, 35.560°E

river. Referenced in Gen 32:10 , Gen 50:10 , Gen 50:11 , Num 13:29 , Num 22:1 .

Isaiah 18
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Isaiah • Chapter 18 (7 verses)

Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia : That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; ... Mentions: Ethiopia , Zion .

Abana
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Biblical Place • 33.545°N, 36.225°E

Now Barada River. Referenced in 2 Kgs 5:12 .

Pharpar
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Biblical Place • 33.380°N, 36.306°E

river. Referenced in 2 Kgs 5:12 .

Euphrates
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Biblical Place • 35.091°N, 40.428°E

river. Referenced in Gen 2:14 , Gen 15:18 , Gen 31:21 , Gen 36:37 , Ex 23:31 .

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Explore the rich biblical imagery of chaotic dark waters vs living water—flowing from Eden 's river to the rock in the wilderness, Jesus offering living water, and the River of Life.

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Ulai
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Biblical Place • 32.179°N, 48.225°E

river; from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulai. Referenced in Dan 8:2 , Dan 8:16 .

Brook of Egypt
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Biblical Place • 31.032°N, 33.855°E

river: now Wadi al Arish; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_of_Egypt. Referenced in Num 34:5 , Josh 15:4 , Josh 15:47 , 1 Kgs 8:65 , 2 Kgs 24:7 .

Shihor
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Biblical Place • Brook of Egypt • 31.032°N, 33.855°E

?; river. Referenced in Josh 13:3 , Isa 23:3 .

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Classic Oxford reference monograph analyzing the literary structure, historical sources, and date of the Hebrew Bible books.

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Zered
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Biblical Place • 30.884°N, 35.898°E

river. Referenced in Deut 2:13 , Deut 2:14 .

Ezra 6
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Ezra • Chapter 6 (22 verses)

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon . And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: In the first year of... Mentions: Zechariah , Iddo , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Babylon , Jerusalem , Persia , Assyria .

Habor
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Biblical Place • 36.345°N, 40.789°E

river. Referenced in 2 Kgs 17:6 , 2 Kgs 18:11 , 1 Chr 5:26 .

Judith 1
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Judith • Chapter 1 (16 verses)

IN the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the Assyrians in Nineveh , the great city; in the days of Arphaxad , who reigned over the Medes in Ecbatana , and built at Ecbatana and round about it walls of hewn stones three cubits broad and six cubits long, an... Mentions: Arpachshad (or Arphaxad), Moab , Ammon , Nineveh , Ecbatana, Euphrates , Tigris , Persia .

Nehemiah 2
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Nehemiah • Chapter 2 (20 verses)

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seein... Mentions: Judah , Asaph , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .

Joshua 13
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Joshua • Chapter 13 (33 verses)

Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, From Sihor, which is before ... Mentions: Joshua , Baal , Jacob/Israel , Manasseh , Moses , Egypt , Ekron , Mearah , Aphek 2 , Lebanon .

The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 11 (26 verses)

She prospered their works in the hand of a holy prophet. They journeyed through a desert without inhabitant, And in trackless regions they pitched their tents. They withstood enemies, and repelled foes.

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 7 (50 verses)

In the hundred and one and fifties year Demetrius the son of Seleucus came forth from Rome , and went up with a few men to a city by the sea, and reigned there. And it came to pass, when he would go into the house of the kingdom of his fathers, that the army laid hands on Antioch ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judas , Judah , Aaron , David , Rome , Jerusalem , Syria .

Zephaniah 3
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Zephaniah • Chapter 3 (20 verses)

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God. Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ethiopia , Zion , Jerusalem .

Shihor-libnath
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Biblical Place • 32.538°N, 34.908°E

river; now Nahar Tanninim?. Referenced in Josh 19:26 .

Kishon
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Biblical Place • 32.762°N, 35.064°E

river. Referenced in Judg 4:7 , Judg 4:13 , Judg 5:21 , 1 Kgs 18:40 , Ps 83:9 .

Ezekiel 47
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Ezekiel • Chapter 47 (23 verses)

Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side o... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joseph , Tamar , Hethlon , Zedad , Hamath , Berothah , Sibraim .

Jeremiah 46
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Jeremiah • Chapter 46 (28 verses)

The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; Against Egypt , against the army of Pharaoh–neco king of Egypt , which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish , which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josia... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Josiah , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Egypt, Euphrates , Carchemish , Babylon , Gilead .

Genesis 41
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Genesis • Chapter 41 (57 verses)

And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the r... Mentions: Joseph , Manasseh , Ephraim , Egypt .

Joshua 12
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Joshua • Chapter 12 (24 verses)

Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon , and all the plain on the east: Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon , and ru... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ammon , Moses , Manasseh , Joshua , Jordan , Arnon , Hermon , Heshbon , Aroer 1 .

Ezekiel
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Old Testament • 48 Chapters

Ezekiel (Old Testament, 48 chapters). Key figures: Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah ), Jacob/Israel , Judah , Noah , Daniel , Canaan . Key places: Chebar , Jerusalem , Chaldea , Babylon , Canaan , Samaria . Opens with: "Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of C..."

Wiki Article • New Testament & Messiah

The four canonical Gospels— Matthew , Mark , Luke , and John —chronicle the birth of Yeshua ( Jesus ) in Bethlehem to Mary , his upbringing in Nazareth , baptism in the Jordan River , ministry across Galilee and Judea , and proclamation of the Kingdom of God.

Tobit 6
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Tobit • Chapter 6 (17 verses)

Now as they went on their journey, they came at eventide to the river Tigris , and they lodged there. But the young man went down to wash himself, and a fish leaped out of the river, and would have swallowed up the young man. But the angel said to him, Take hold on the fish. And t... Mentions: Moses , Tigris , Ecbatana .

Wiki Article • History & Monarchy

After forty years in the wilderness, Joshua and Caleb lead Israel across the Jordan River into Canaan , followed by the era of the Judges —from Othniel to Samuel —and the Moabite- Bethlehem narrative of Ruth and Boaz .

Revelation 22
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Revelation • Chapter 22 (21 verses)

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every mo... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , David .

1 Peter Map
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Interactive Book Map • 1 Peter

Geographic map plotting ancient cities, rivers, mountains, and events recorded across the Book of 1 Peter .

Isaiah 9
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Isaiah • Chapter 9 (21 verses)

Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali , and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan , in Galilee of the nations. The people that w... Mentions: Zebulun , Naphtali , Midian , David , Jacob/Israel , Jordan , Galilee , Ephraim , Samaria .

Interactive 3D Urban Scale Model • Daniel 1–5 & Jeremiah 50–51

Architectural scale model of Neo-Babylonian Babylon around 600 BC from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , showing the Euphrates River dividing the walled city, the Processional Way, the Ishtar Gate , Nebuchadnezzar's Southern Palace, and the Etemenanki ziggurat precinct.

Scripture Passages (24)

Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar–bozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:

Isaiah 18:1 (KJV)
Isaiah 18 KJV

Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia :

From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem , which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.

Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

And Hadadezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam ; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadadezer went before them.

Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah ;

Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria , and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.

And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel , they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria , the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

And thou, Ezra , after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

For the Lord shall smite Israel , as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ :

To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.

Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon .

And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan , where John was baptizing.

And they came unto John , and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan , to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

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