Arnon
Arnon appears in 12 verses of the Bible, from Numbers to Jeremiah.
- River · Bible atlas
- Near Wadi Mujib, 47 km southeast of Jerusalem
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In the Bible dictionary
The Arnon is the Transjordan river, today Wadi Mujib, that marked the border of Moab and the Amorites and later the southern limit of Reuben and Gad.
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Then they moved out and camped on the far side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness adjacent to the territory of the Amorites. The Arnon is the boundary line between the Moabites and the Amorites.
Numbers 21:13 · Read the chapter -
The king of Ammon answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole my land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and all the way to the Jordan. Now then, give back the land peaceably.”
Judges 11:13 · Read the chapter -
The women of Moab are left like homeless birds at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.
Isaiah 16:2 · Read the chapter -
“And the reply comes back, ‘Moab lies in ruins, disgraced; weep and wail! Tell it by the banks of the Arnon River: Moab has been destroyed!’
Jeremiah 48:20 · Read the chapter
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