Jabbok River in Easton's Bible Dictionary
a pouring out, or a wrestling, one of the streams on the
east of
Jordan, into which it falls about midway between the
Sea of
Galilee and the Dead Sea, or about 45 miles below
the Sea of
Galilee. It rises on the eastern side of the
mountains of
Gilead, and runs a course of about 65 miles in a
wild and deep
ravine. It was the boundary between the territory of
the
Ammonites and that of Og, king of Bashan (Josh.
12:1-5; Num.
21:24); also between the tribe of Reuben and the
half tribe of
Manasseh (21:24; Deut. 3:16). In its course westward
across the
plains it passes more than once underground. "The
scenery along
its banks is probably the most picturesque in
Israel; and the
ruins of town and village and fortress which stud
the
surrounding mountain-side render the country as
interesting as
it is beautiful." This river is now called the
Zerka, or blue
river.
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