Midvash

Euphrates

Euphrates appears in 44 verses of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation.

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In the Bible dictionary

Euphrates is the great river of Mesopotamia, one of the rivers of Eden and the edge of the land promised to Abraham, on whose banks Babylon stood.

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Key passages

  • The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.

    Genesis 2:14 · Read the chapter

  • And I will fix your boundaries from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the eastern wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will hand over to you the people now living in the land, and you will drive them out ahead of you.

    Exodus 23:31 · Read the chapter

  • It is time to break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the neighboring regions—the Jordan Valley, the hill country, the western foothills, the Negev, and the coastal plain. Go to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, and all the way to the great Euphrates River.

    Deuteronomy 1:7 · Read the chapter

  • from the Negev wilderness in the south to the Lebanon mountains in the north, from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, including all the land of the Hittites.’

    Joshua 1:4 · Read the chapter

  • David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.

    2 Samuel 8:3 · Read the chapter

  • Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River in the north to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south. The conquered peoples of those lands sent tribute money to Solomon and continued to serve him throughout his lifetime.

    1 Kings 4:21 · Read the chapter

Every verse (44)

Zechariah
Zec 9:10

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