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 8:14

8:14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. ⁵  But he did not realize ⁶  men were hiding behind the city. ⁷ 

Yosua 11:2

11:2 and the northern kings who ruled in ⁸  the hill country, the Arabah south of Kinnereth, ⁹  the lowlands, and the heights of Dor to the west.

[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.

[8:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “When the king of Ai saw, the men of Ai hurried and rose early and went out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people at the meeting place before the Arabah.”

[8:14]  ⁶ tn Or “know.”

[8:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “that (there was) an ambush for him behind the city.”

[11:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “and to the kings who [are] from the north in.”

[11:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “Chinneroth,” a city and plain located in the territory of Naphtali in Galilee (BDB 490 s.v. כִּנֶּרֶת, כִּנֲרוֹת).

[11:2]  sn Kinnereth was a city in Galilee located near the Sea of Galilee (Deut 3:17). The surrounding region also became known by this name (1 Kgs 15:20; cf. Matt 14:34), and eventually even the lake itself (Josh 12:3; cf. Luke 5:1).