-
Place of the first encampment of the Israelites west of the Jordan RiverJos 4:19; 9:6; 10:6,43; 14:6
- Monument erected in, to commemorate the passage across the Jordan River by the people of IsraelJos 4:19-24
- Circumcision renewed at Jos 5:2-9
- Passover kept at Jos 5:10,11
- Manna ceased at, after the Passover Jos 5:12
- Quarries at Jud 3:19
- Eglon, king of Moab, resides and is slain at Jud 3:14-26
- A judgment seat, where Israel, in that district, came to be judged by Samuel1Sa 7:16
- Saul proclaimed king over all Israel at 1Sa 11:15
- An altar built at, and sacrifice offered 1Sa 11:15; 13:4-15; 15:6-23
- Agag, king of the Amalekites, slain at, by Samuel 1Sa 15:33
- Tribe of Judah assembles at, to proceed to the east side of the Jordan River to conduct King David back after the defeatof Absalom2Sa 19:14,15,40-43
- A school of the prophets at 2Ki 4:38-40
- Prophecies concerning Ho 4:15; 9:15; 12:11; Am 4:4; 5:5
-
A royal city in Canaan
- Conquered by Joshua Jos 12:23