Joshua 12:3

and over the Arabah as far east as the lake of Chinneroth, as far as the sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea, in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth, his southern frontier running under the slopes of Pisgah,

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And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:

In Context

2King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon and ruled from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge and over half of Giliad – down the gorge as far as the Jabbok River, which is the frontier of the Ammonites,

4There was also the territory of Og, the king of Bashan and one of the survivors of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei,

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Cross References

Genesis 19:25and he destroyed those cities and all the plain, with all the people who lived in it and all that grew on the ground.

Joshua 11:2and to the kings in the north, in the highlands, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowlands, and in Naphoth-Dor to the west,

Joshua 15:2The southern frontier ran from the foot of the Dead Sea, from the bay facing south.

John 6:1After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee – otherwise called the Lake of Tiberias.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 12:2-7

Summary of Israel's Conquests. ( b. c. 1450.) 1 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: 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;… Read the whole commentary →

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