Deuteronomy 4:49

4:49 including all the Arabah of the Transjordan in the east to the sea of the Arabah, ¹  beneath the watershed ²  of Pisgah.)

Genesis 13:10

13:10 Lot looked up and saw ³  the whole region ⁴  of the Jordan. He noticed ⁵  that all of it was well-watered (before the Lord obliterated ⁶  Sodom and Gomorrah) ⁷  like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, ⁸  all the way to Zoar.

Genesis 14:3

14:3 These last five kings ⁹  joined forces ¹⁰  in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). ¹¹ 

Genesis 19:28-29

19:28 He looked out toward ¹²  Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. ¹³  As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace. ¹⁴ 

19:29 So when God destroyed ¹⁵  the cities of the region, ¹⁶  God honored ¹⁷  Abraham’s request. He removed Lot ¹⁸  from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed ¹⁹  the cities Lot had lived in.

Numbers 34:11-12

34:11 The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth. ²⁰  34:12 Then the border will continue down the Jordan River ²¹  and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.’”

Joshua 3:16

3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. ²²  It piled up far upstream ²³  at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). ²⁴  The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. ²⁵ 

Joshua 12:3

12:3 His kingdom included ²⁶  the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth ²⁷  to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), ²⁸  including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

Joshua 15:2

15:2 Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea, ²⁹ 

Joshua 15:5

15:5 The eastern border was the Salt Sea to the mouth ³⁰  of the Jordan River. ³¹ 

The northern border started north of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan, ³² 

Joshua 18:19

18:19 It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea ³³  at the mouth of the Jordan River. ³⁴  This was the southern border.

[4:49]  ¹ sn The sea of the Arabah refers to the Dead Sea, also known as the Salt Sea in OT times (cf. Deut 3:17).

[4:49]  ² tn The meaning of the Hebrew term אַשְׁדֹּת (’ashdot) is unclear. It is usually translated either “slopes” (ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT) or “watershed” (NEB).

[13:10]  ³ tn Heb “lifted up his eyes and saw.” The expression draws attention to the act of looking, indicating that Lot took a good look. It also calls attention to the importance of what was seen.

[13:10]  ⁴ tn Or “plain”; Heb “circle.”

[13:10]  ⁵ tn The words “he noticed” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:10]  ⁶ sn Obliterated. The use of the term “destroy” (שַׁחֵת, shakhet) is reminiscent of the Noahic flood (Gen 6:13). Both at the flood and in Sodom the place was obliterated by catastrophe and only one family survived (see C. Westermann, Genesis, 2:178).

[13:10]  ⁷ tn This short temporal clause (preposition + Piel infinitive construct + subjective genitive + direct object) is strategically placed in the middle of the lavish descriptions to sound an ominous note. The entire clause is parenthetical in nature. Most English translations place the clause at the end of v. 10 for stylistic reasons.

[13:10]  ⁸ sn The narrative places emphasis on what Lot saw so that the reader can appreciate how it aroused his desire for the best land. It makes allusion to the garden of the Lord and to the land of Egypt for comparison. Just as the tree in the garden of Eden had awakened Eve’s desire, so the fertile valley attracted Lot. And just as certain memories of Egypt would cause the Israelites to want to turn back and abandon the trek to the promised land, so Lot headed for the good life.

[14:3]  ⁹ tn 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.

[14:3]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew verb used here means “to join together; to unite; to be allied.” It stresses close associations, especially of friendships, marriages, or treaties.

[14:3]  ¹¹ sn The Salt Sea is the older name for the Dead Sea.

[19:28]  ¹² tn Heb “upon the face of.”

[19:28]  ¹³ tn Or “all the land of the plain”; Heb “and all the face of the land of the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.

[19:28]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “And he saw, and look, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.”

[19:29]  ¹⁵ tn The construction is a temporal clause comprised of the temporal indicator, an infinitive construct with a preposition, and the subjective genitive.

[19:29]  ¹⁶ tn Or “of the plain”; Heb “of the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.

[19:29]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “remembered,” but this means more than mental recollection here. Abraham’s request (Gen 18:23-32) was that the Lord not destroy the righteous with the wicked. While the requisite minimum number of righteous people (ten, v. 32) needed for God to spare the cities was not found, God nevertheless rescued the righteous before destroying the wicked.

[19:29]  ¹⁸ sn God’s removal of Lot before the judgment is paradigmatic. He typically delivers the godly before destroying their world.

[19:29]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the overthrow when [he] overthrew.”

[34:11]  ²⁰ tn Or “the Sea of Galilee” (so NLT); NCV, TEV, CEV “Lake Galilee.”

[34:12]  ²¹ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[3:16]  ²² tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

[3:16]  ²³ tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

[3:16]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”

[3:16]  ²⁵ map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[12:3]  ²⁶ tn The words “his kingdom included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:3]  ²⁷ sn The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.

[12:3]  ²⁸ sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.

[15:2]  ²⁹ tn Heb “Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the tongue that faces to the south.”

[15:5]  ³⁰ tn Heb “end.”

[15:5]  ³¹ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.

[15:5]  ³² tn Heb “the border on the northern side was from the tongue of the sea, from the end of the Jordan.”

[18:19]  ³³ sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.

[18:19]  ³⁴ tn Heb “to the tongue of the Salt Sea to the north, to the end of the Jordan to the south.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity (also in the following verse).