Jabbok River in Smiths Bible Dictionary
(emptying), a stream which intersects the mountain range of
Gilead, comp. Jos 12:2,5 and falls into the Jordan on the east
about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. It
was anciently the border of the children of Ammon. Nu 21:24;
De 2:37; 3:16 It was on the south bank of the Jabbok that the
interview took place between Jacob and Esau, Ge 32:22 and this
river afterward became, toward its western part, the boundary
between the kingdoms of Sihon and Og. Jos 12:2,5 Its modern
name is Wady Zurka.
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