Yosua 3:16

3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. ¹  It piled up far upstream ²  at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). ³  The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. ⁴ 

Yosua 12:8

12:8 including the hill country, the lowlands, ⁵  the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev – the land of ⁶  the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites:

[3:16]  ¹ tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

[3:16]  ² tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

[3:16]  ³ tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”

[3:16]  sn The Salt Sea is an ancient name for the Dead Sea.

[3:16]  ⁴ map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[12:8]  ⁵ tn Or “the foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[12:8]  ⁶ tn The words “the land of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.