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Jordan Valley

Jordan Valley (Biblical Place • 32.309°N, 35.560°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 13:10 , Gen 13:11 . It is closely linked with Jordan (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 .

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Jordan Valley (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 13:10 , Gen 13:11 .) Jordan (river. Referenced in Gen 32:10 , Gen 50:10 , Gen 50:11 , Num 13:29 , Num 22:1 .) Cherith (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 17:3 , 1 Kgs 17:5 (identified with Jordan Valley ).) Brook of the Willows (Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 15:7 (identified with Jordan Valley).) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Ancient Hebrew Tomb Inscription ( Kidron Valley ) — Monumental Hebrew inscription carved into the limestone cliffside tombs along the eastern slope of the Kidron Valley opposite the Temple Mount in Jerusalem , echoing Isaiah 's oracle concerning royal stewards hewing rock-cut sepulchres on high ( Isaiah 22:15–16 ).

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Joshua 13:27 : "And in the valley, Beth–haram, and Beth–nimrah, and Succoth , and Zaphon , the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon , Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of C..."; 1 Chronicles 12:15 : "These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the w..."; Deuteronomy 4:46 : "On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon , whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they ...". Related canonical books and chapters: Joshua 9 ( Joshua • Chapter 9 (27 verses)), Joshua 12 ( Joshua • Chapter 12 (24 verses)), Luke 3 ( Luke • Chapter 3 (38 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

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

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 13:10 , Gen 13:11 .

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 .

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

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 17:3 , 1 Kgs 17:5 (identified with Jordan Valley ).

Brook of the Willows
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Biblical Place • Jordan Valley • 32.309°N, 35.560°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 15:7 (identified with Jordan Valley ).

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

Wikimedia Commons contributor • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
Joshua 9
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Joshua • Chapter 9 (27 verses)

And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan , in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon , the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite , heard thereof; That the... Mentions: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Jordan , Lebanon , Jebusite , Gibeon , Jericho .

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 .

Kidron Valley
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Biblical Place • Kidron • 31.772°N, 35.237°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 30:14 , John 18:1 (identified with Kidron ).

Dead Sea (Yam HaMelah) Shoreline Mineral Formations
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Hyper-saline waters and salt terraces of the Dead Sea rift valley, biblical Salt Sea forming the eastern border of Judah .

David Shankbone • Flickr / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY 2.0
Valley of Salt
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Biblical Place • 31.087°N, 35.384°E

from nbd. Referenced in 2 Sam 8:13 , 2 Kgs 14:7 , 1 Chr 18:12 , 2 Chr 25:11 , Ps 60:1 .

Valley of Slaughter
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Biblical Place • Valley of Hinnom • 31.769°N, 35.228°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 7:32 , Jer 19:6 (identified with Valley of Hinnom ).

Valley of Baca
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Biblical Place • Valley of Hinnom • 31.769°N, 35.228°E

?. Referenced in Ps 84:6 .

Valley of Hebron
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Biblical Place • Mamre • 31.549°N, 35.094°E

?. Referenced in Gen 37:14 .

Map of the Physical Topography of Ancient Palestine
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Cross-section showing Coastal Plain, Shephelah , Central Judean Highlands, Jordan Rift Valley, and Transjordan Plateau.

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Valley of Lebanon
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Biblical Place • Mount Hermon • 33.416°N, 35.857°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:17 , Josh 12:7 (identified with Mount Hermon ).

Valley of Aven
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Biblical Place • 34.007°N, 36.204°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Amos 1:5 .

Valley of Jericho
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Biblical Place • Jericho • 31.871°N, 35.444°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 34:3 (identified with Jericho ).

Valley of Hinnom
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Biblical Place • 31.769°N, 35.228°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:8 , Josh 18:16 , Neh 11:30 .

Valley of Mizpeh
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Biblical Place • 33.282°N, 35.573°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:8 .

Luke 3
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Luke • Chapter 3 (38 verses)

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee , and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis , and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene , Annas and Caiaphas being the... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Yeshua the Messiah , Joseph , Matthat , Levi , Galilee , Ituraea , Trachonitis , Abilene , Jordan .

Valley of Jehoshaphat
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Biblical Place • Kidron • 31.772°N, 35.237°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Joel 3:2 , Joel 3:12 (identified with Kidron ).

Valley of Beracah
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Biblical Place • 31.611°N, 35.166°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 20:26 .

Biblical Place • Valley of Hinnom • 31.769°N, 35.228°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:8 , Josh 18:16 , 2 Kgs 23:10 , 2 Chr 28:3 , 2 Chr 33:6 , Jer 7:31 (identified with Valley of Hinnom ).

Valley of Achor
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Biblical Place • 31.837°N, 35.400°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 7:24 , Josh 7:26 , Josh 15:7 , Isa 65:10 , Hos 2:15 .

Valley of Zephathah
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Biblical Place • 31.615°N, 34.910°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 14:10 .

Valley of Aijalon
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Biblical Place • Aijalon • 31.841°N, 35.025°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 10:12 (identified with Aijalon ).

Valley of Gerar
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Biblical Place • Gerar • 31.391°N, 34.561°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 26:17 (identified with Gerar ).

Valley of Jezreel
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Biblical Place • Jezreel 2 • 32.556°N, 35.331°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 17:16 , Judg 6:33 , Hos 1:5 (identified with Jezreel 2 ).

Valley of Elah
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Biblical Place • 31.691°N, 34.963°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 17:2 , 1 Sam 17:19 , 1 Sam 21:9 .

Mount Carmel Ridge and Jezreel Valley Overlook
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Coastal mountain range in northern Israel , site of Elijah's confrontation with the prophets of Baal .

Israel PikiWiki project • Israel PikiWiki CC-BY 2.5
Valley of Sorek
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Biblical Place • 31.826°N, 34.989°E

now Wadi es-Sarar. Referenced in Judg 16:4 .

Valley of Iphtahel
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Biblical Place • 32.833°N, 35.277°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:14 , Josh 19:27 .

Valley of Rephaim
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Biblical Place • 31.756°N, 35.223°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:8 , Josh 18:16 , 2 Sam 5:18 , 2 Sam 5:22 , 2 Sam 23:13 , 1 Chr 11:15 .

Interactive 3D Epigraphic Scan • Isaiah 22:15–16

Monumental Hebrew inscription carved into the limestone cliffside tombs along the eastern slope of the Kidron Valley opposite the Temple Mount in Jerusalem , echoing Isaiah 's oracle concerning royal stewards hewing rock-cut sepulchres on high ( Isaiah 22:15–16 ).

Valley of Zeboim
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Biblical Place • 31.936°N, 35.425°E

from tyndale; now Wadi ed Dubba. Referenced in 1 Sam 13:18 .

Valley of Gibeon
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Biblical Place • Gibeon • 31.847°N, 35.185°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 28:21 (identified with Gibeon ).

Scripture Passages (24)

And in the valley, Beth–haram, and Beth–nimrah, and Succoth , and Zaphon , the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon , Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

On this side Jordan , in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon , whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt :

Joshua 9:1 (KJV)
Joshua 9 KJV

And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan , in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon , the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite , heard thereof;

And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan , saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal –gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir ; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim , and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan .

Lod , and Ono , the valley of craftsmen.

For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan , or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Topheth , nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.

So the king returned, and came to Jordan . And Judah came to Gilgal , to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan .

And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En–rogel,

And in the valley, Eshtaol , and Zorah , and Ashnah ,

And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite ; the same is Jerusalem : and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:

Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jordan , the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:

So we abode in the valley over against Beth–peor.

From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zered .

And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen , and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel , and the valley of the same;

And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan , ye shall stand still in Jordan .

And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.

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