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Sea of the Plain Also known as Sea of the Arabah
Named in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Joshua 3:16 .
The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Salt Sea .
Where Identification Not assessed The dataset gives no precision for this point.
The dataset’s match to an ancient-world gazetteer has not been checked yet. Gazetteer entry
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People Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.
In the Bible All 1 verse in Joshua, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Joshua1 2 Kings1 Joshua Joshua 3:16 the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
Place data from Theographic Bible Metadata by Robert Rouse, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (please also credit its original sources); its coordinates draw on OpenBible.info and the Pleiades / DARE gazetteers. Verse links use KJV (1769) numbering; verse text is the Berean Standard Bible (public domain).