Arabah
Arabah appears in 26 verses of the Bible, from Deuteronomy to Zechariah.
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- 150 km south of Jerusalem
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Key passages
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These are the words that Moses spoke to all the people of Israel while they were in the wilderness east of the Jordan River. They were camped in the Jordan Valley near Suph, between Paran on one side and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab on the other.
Deuteronomy 1:1 · Read the chapter -
When the king of Ai saw the Israelites across the valley, he and all his army hurried out early in the morning and attacked the Israelites at a place overlooking the Jordan Valley. But he didn’t realize there was an ambush behind the town.
Joshua 8:14 · Read the chapter -
So the men of Ziph returned home ahead of Saul. Meanwhile, David and his men had moved into the wilderness of Maon in the Arabah Valley south of Jeshimon.
1 Samuel 23:24 · Read the chapter -
All that night Abner and his men retreated through the Jordan Valley. They crossed the Jordan River, traveling all through the morning, and didn’t stop until they arrived at Mahanaim.
2 Samuel 2:29 · Read the chapter -
Then a section of the city wall was broken down. Since the city was surrounded by the Babylonians, the soldiers waited for nightfall and escaped through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden. Then they headed toward the Jordan Valley.
2 Kings 25:4 · Read the chapter -
Hurai from near Nahale-gaash; Abi-albon from Arabah;
1 Chronicles 11:32 · Read the chapter
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