abarim Summary and Overview

regions beyond; i.e., on the east of Jordan, a mountain, or rather a mountain-chain, over against Jericho, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, in the land of Moab. From "the top of Pisgah", i.e., Mount Nebo (q.v.), one of its summits, Moses surveyed the Promised Land (Deut. 3:27; 32:49), and there he died (34:1,5). The Israelites had one of their encampments in the mountains of Abarim (Num. 33:47,48) after crossing the Arnon.

(regions beyond), a mountain or range of highlands on the east of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, facing Jericho, and forming the eastern wall of the Jordan valley at that part. Its most elevated spot was "the Mount Nebo, 'head' of 'the' Pisgah," from which Moses viewed the Promised Land before his death. These mountains are mentioned in #Nu 27:12; 33:47,48| and Deut 32:49

AB'ARIM (mountains beyond, or of the fords), a range of mountains east of the river Jordan, in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho. Num 27:12 ;Num 33:47; Deut 32:49. Nebo, Peor, and Pisgah belong to this range. In Jer 22:20 the word is translated "passages." Ijo-abarim in Num 21:11 Sketch-Map of the Abana and Pharpar Rivers. means heaps or ruins of Aharim, and was near the same range.

Connected with Nebo and Pisgah in Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1. Abarim was probably the mountain chain, Nebo one mountain of it, and Pisgah the highest peak of Nebo. Peor also belonged to the range. The chain east of the Dead Sea and lower Jordan commands most extensive views of the country west of the river. It was from Pisgah that Moses took his view of the promised land just before he died. Some identify mount Attarous, the loftiest hill in this region, ten miles north of the river Arnon, with Nebo. Its top is marked by a pistachio tree overshadowing a heap of stones. The Hebrew means "the mountains of the regions beyond," namely, the Jordan, or else "the mountains of the passages." They were in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho. Compare Numbers 27:12; Numbers 33:47-48; Deuteronomy 3:27. Dr. Tristram verified the observation of the landscape from Nebo, as seen by Moses according to the Scripture record. There is one isolated cone commanding a view of the valley where Israel's battle was fought with Amalek, which may be the Pisgah of holy writ.