Bethany Beyond the Jordan/Tell Mar Ellias/Bethabara/Beth-hoglah/Beth-barah/Beth-araba (where Joshoa, Elijah and Elisha crossed the Jordan River, Elijah was taken up to heaven, John The Baptist preached and baptized, and Jesus was baptized and started his public ministry. |
Early Christians found refuge here from Turmoil and Roman conquest in Jerusalem after 70 AD; perhaps the site of Pennuel, where Jacob wrestled with the angel all night. |
Where Elijah hid for 3 years upon God’s orders and was fed by ravens.Gerasha/jerash(Decapolis ) in the Byzantine era .Annually celebrating the miracle of turning water into wine. |
Decapolis town: in the Byzantine era it annually celebrated the miracle of turning water into wine. |
One of six Cities of Refuge in the Bible; Kings Ahab and Joram wounded in battles here. |
Associated with Gideon, Jacob, King Jeroboam, castings for King Solomon’s temple. Also where Hittie died upon order of david. |
Uriah the Hittite died upon order of David); Philadelphia (a Decapolis city); Ammonite tower.Philadelphia was Ammonite City tower |
The old Testaments took place during this, several kingdoms As the Ammonites, the Adomites & Moabites emerged in Jordan, dividing the land & developed Agriculture is known To have existed atTawilan near Ain Mousa in southern Jordan Several Iron Age settlements were known as in Kerak, Mount Nebo, Madaba & Amman. |
Perhaps Jephthah’s hometown and/or burial place. Gadara (site of Jesus miracles. |
Site of Jesus’ miracle of the Gadarene swine. |
Capital of the Amonite King Sihon. |
Edomite and Israelite port town, perhaps has the oldest known church in the world. |
Mountain from where Moses saw the land of Canaan before dying, and from where the folk prophet Bala’am was asked by the Moabite King Balak to curse the Israelites camped below in the Jordan Balley. |
An Amorite and Moabite town that was later a major center for Byzantine mosaic art. |
Capital of the Moabite King Mesha. |
Turkish supremacy lasted over 400 years till the Arab revolt Jordan importance was largely due to its position in route for Pilgrimage for Mecca & Medina .This Empire ended during The 1St World war by Jordan Independence. |
The rock from which King Amaziah hurled 10,000 Edomites to their death. |
The capital of the Amorite King Sihon, a fortress of the Moabite King Mesha, and the starting point for David’s census. |
Once a capital of Moab where King Mesha offered to sacrifice his eldest son and stopped an attack by Judah, Israel and Edom. |
| Early Bronze Age towns with massive fire destruction. |
| The town to which Lot and his daughters fled from Sodom. |
| Often the northern border of Moab and the southern border of Reuben and Gad. |
| Where Moses and his people concluded their desert wanderings and camped on their journey north towards Canaan. |
| Copper mining center and the Exodus route encampment where Moses made a bronze serpent. Bozrah ( capital of Edom, and according to Isaiah, the place from which the Messiah would come. |
A capital of Edom, and according to Isaiah, the place from which the Messiah would come. |
The capital of the Nabateans; a place where Moses struck the rock and brought forth water, Wadi Mousa means ‘Valley of Moses’ in Arabic. |
where Aaron was buried and the priesthood was passed on to his son Eleazer. |
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