Bible Location
Meaning: rejoicing; sunlight · 12 cross references · Modern-day map available
The Arnon is the river gorge east of the Dead Sea that formed a major boundary line in the transjordan. It is important because it marked the edge between Moabite and Amorite territory and later helped define Israel's eastern inheritance. First appears in Num 21:13.1
Place meaning
rejoicing; sunlight
Coordinates
31.25, 35.75
First appears
Num 21:13
AI summary: The Arnon is significant chiefly as a boundary river, but biblical boundaries often carry major historical importance. Because it marked the southern limit of the Amorite territory Israel took east of the Jordan, it appears regularly in descriptions of conquest and inheritance. Its deep ravine also made it a natural geographic divider in the landscape. The cross references present the Arnon as one of the transjordan's defining boundary markers.1
Place meaning
rejoicing; sunlight
Latitude
31.25
Longitude
35.75
Bible references
12
Swift, the southern boundary of the territory of Israel beyond Jordan, separating it from the land of Moab (Deut. 3:8, 16). This river (referred to twenty-four times in the Bible) rises in the mountains of Gilead, and after a circuitous course of about 80 miles through a deep ravine it falls into the Dead Sea nearly opposite Engedi. The stream is almost dry in summer. It is now called el-Mujeb. The territory of the Amorites extended from the Arnon to the Jabbok. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.