Genesis 14:3
salt sea.19:24; Nu 34:12; De 3:17; Jos 3:16; Ps 107:34; *marg:Genesis 19:25
13:10; 14:3; Ps 107:34Numbers 34:3
south quarter.Ex 23:31; Jos 15:1-12; Eze 47:13,19-23salt sea eastward.The lake Asphaltites, Dead sea, or Salt sea, is, according to the most authentic accounts, about 70 miles in length, and 18 in breadth. Viewing this sea from the spot where the Jordan discharges its waters into it, it takes a south-easterly direction, visible for ten or fifteen miles, when it disappears in a curve towards the east. Its surface is generally unruffled, from the hollow of the basin in which it lies scarcely admitting the free passage necessary for a strong breeze: it is, however, for the same reason, subject to whirlwinds or squalls of short duration. The mountains on each side are apparently separated by a distance of eight miles; but the expanse of water at this point has been supposed not to exceed five or six: as it advances towards the south, it evidently increases in breadth. The acrid saltness of its waters is much greater than that of the sea; and of such specific gravity that bodies will float on it that would sink in common sea-water. It is probably on this account that few fish can live in it; though the monks of St. Saba affirmed to Dr. Shaw, that they had seen fish caught in it. Ge 14:3; Jos 3:16; 15:2; Eze 47:8,18Deuteronomy 3:17
Chinnereth.Nu 34:11; Jos 12:3the sea.4:49; Ge 13:10; 14:3; 19:28,29; Nu 34:11,12; Jos 3:16; 12:3; 15:2,5Jos 18:19Ashdoth-pisgah. or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill.Nu 23:14Joshua 3:16
rose up.13; Ps 29:10; 77:19; 114:3; Mt 8:26,27; 14:24-33Zaretan.1Ki 4:12Zartanah.1Ki 7:46Zarthan. the salt sea.15:2; Ge 14:3; Nu 34:3; De 3:17The passage through the Red Sea took place in the night, when the Israelites were fleeing from the Egyptians with great trepidation: but they passed Jordan in the day-time, with previous warning, leisurely, directly opposite to Jericho, and with a triumphant defiance of the Canaanites; this passage into the promised land evidently typifying the believer's passage through death to heaven.Joshua 12:3
sea of Chinneroth.This inland sea, or rather lake, which drives its several names, the Lake of Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Lake of Gennesareth, from the territory which forms its western and south-western border, is computed to be between seventeen and eighteen miles in length, and from five to six in breadth. The waters of this lake, which are sweet and agreeable, lie in a deep basin, surrounded with lofty hills, except at the north and south, where it is a plain country or level. There is a current through the whole lake even to the shore; and the Jordan through it is discernible by the smoothness of the surface in that part. Its appearance from the north- western extremity is said by Mr. Buckingham to be exceedingly grand; but the barren aspect of the mountains on each side, and the total absence of wood, give a cast of dullness to the picture. 11:2; De 3:17; Joh 6:1Sea of Tiberias. the sea.3:16; 15:2,5; Ge 14:3; 19:25; De 3:17Beth-jeshimoth.13:20the south. or, Teman. Ashdoth-pisgah. or, the springs ofPisgah, or, the hill. Nu 21:20; De 3:17; *marg:De 4:49
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