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Akaba

(Encyclopedia)Akaba: see Aqaba, Jordan.

Nebo, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Nebo, Mount, 2,625 ft (800 m) high, N Jordan. In the Bible, Moses viewed the Promised Land from there before his death.

Krak

(Encyclopedia)Krak: see Al Karak, Jordan.

Jabbok

(Encyclopedia)Jabbok, river, Jordan: see Zarqa.

Zerka

(Encyclopedia)Zerka, river, Jordan: see Zarqa.

Rabbah

(Encyclopedia)Rabbah or Rabbath: see Amman, Jordan. ...

Cherith

(Encyclopedia)Cherith kērˈĭth [key], in the Bible, brook flowing into the Jordan opposite Samaria. ...

Abarim

(Encyclopedia)Abarim ăbˈərĭm [key], in the Bible, general term for the country E of the Jordan. ...

Glueck, Nelson

(Encyclopedia)Glueck, Nelson glo͝ok, glĭk [key], 1900–1971, American archaeologist and educator, b. Cincinnati, grad. Univ. of Cincinnati, 1920, Ph.D. Univ. of Jena, Germany, 1926. Among the more than 1,000 sit...

Abel-mizraim

(Encyclopedia)Abel-mizraim āˈbəl-mĭzrāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, place “beyond Jordan” where Jacob was mourned. ...