Joshua 3:16

3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing.¹ It piled up far upstream² at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea).³ The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.⁴

Genesis 14:3

14:3 These last five kings⁵ joined forces⁶ in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).⁷

Numbers 34:3

34:3 your southern border⁸ will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea,

Ezekiel 47:8

47:8 He said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the Arabah; when they enter the Dead Sea,⁹ where the sea is stagnant,¹⁰ the waters become fresh.¹¹

Ezekiel 47:18

47:18 On the east side, between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, will be the Jordan. You will measure from the border to the eastern sea. This is the east side.

¹tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

²tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

³tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”

⁴map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁵tn Heb “all these,” referring only to the last five kings named. The referent has been specified as “these last five kings” in the translation for clarity.

⁶tn The Hebrew verb used here means “to join together; to unite; to be allied.” It stresses close associations, especially of friendships, marriages, or treaties.

⁷sn The Salt Sea is the older name for the Dead Sea.

⁸tn The expression refers to the corner or extremity of the Negev, the South.

⁹tn Heb “the sea,” referring to the Dead Sea. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰tn Heb “to the sea, those which are brought out.” The reading makes no sense. The text is best emended to read “filthy” (i.e., stagnant). See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:273.

¹¹tn Heb “the waters become healed.”