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Jordan River

Modern The Jordan River, Israel/Jordan border
Coordinates 31.8360, 35.5470 View modern location ↗
Eras The PatriarchsExodus and the WildernessConquest and the JudgesThe United KingdomThe life of Christ

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Sea of Galilee — Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), northern IsraelSea of GalileeRed Sea (Yam Suph) — Northern arm of the Red Sea, including possibly the Bitter LakesRed Sea (Yam Suph)Land of Goshen — Eastern Nile Delta, EgyptLand of GoshenMount Sinai (Horeb) — Jebel Musa, southern Sinai Peninsula (traditional)Mount Sinai (Horeb)Mount of Olives — Mount of Olives, east of JerusalemGolgotha (Calvary) — Traditional: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Alternative: Garden Tomb areaGarden of Gethsemane — At the foot of the Mount of Olives, JerusalemAi — Et-Tell, near Bethel (debated)AiKadesh-barnea — Ein el-Qudeirat, eastern Sinai (proposed)Kadesh-barneaCapernaum — Tell Hum, northern shore of the Sea of GalileeCapernaumNazareth — Nazareth, IsraelNazarethShiloh — Khirbet Seilun, West BankGibeon — El-Jib, West BankJericho — Tell es-Sultan, near modern Jericho, West BankJerichoSamaria — Sebastia, West BankSamariaBethel — Beitin, West Bank (proposed)BethelHebron — Hebron, West BankHebronDamascus — Damascus, SyriaDamascusBethlehem — Bethlehem, West BankBethlehemBeersheba — Tel Be'er Sheva, Negev, IsraelBeershebaShechem — Tell Balata, near Nablus, West BankShechemJerusalem — Jerusalem (Old City around the Temple Mount)JerusalemJordan River — The Jordan River, Israel/Jordan borderJordan River
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The river that separated Israel from the promised land; crossed on dry ground in the conquest; the site of Naaman's healing; the place of John the Baptist's ministry and Jesus' baptism. Flows from the Sea of Galilee south to the Dead Sea.

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