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The Wadi Mujib (Arabic: وادي الموجب, romanized: Wādī al-Mūjib), also known as Arnon Stream (Hebrew: נַחַל ארנון [1]), is a river in Jordan. The river empties into the Dead Sea circa 420 metres (1,380 ft) below sea level. [2] In ancient times, the river served as the northern boundary of the kingdom of Moab. [3]
The Arnon (French pronunciation:) is a 150.5 km (93.5 mi) long river in central France. It is a left tributary of the river Cher. [1] Its source is near the village of Préveranges, west of Montluçon. Its longest tributary is the Théols. [1] The Arnon flows generally north, through the following departments and towns: Allier
The river originates on Monte Falterona [3] in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a southward curve. The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing through Florence, Empoli and Pisa, [4] flowing into the Ligurian Sea [5] [6] at Marina di Pisa. [7] [8] With a length of 241 kilometres (150 mi), it is the largest river in ...
Henry Baker Tristram suggested that "Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon" (Deuteronomy 2:36) is the place of modern 'Ara'ir on the north bank of the Wadi Mujib ravine, the biblical Arnon stream, about 11 miles (18 km) from the mouth of the river. [3] The city was still standing in the time of Eusebius.
These Amorites, described in the Bible as being ruled by King Sihon, confined the Moabites to the country south of the river Arnon, which formed their northern boundary (Numbers 21:13; Judges 11:18). God renewed his covenant with the Israelites at Moab before the Israelites entered the Promised Land(Deuteronomy 29:1).
In his 1856 book The Sacred Plains J.H. Headley described the Plains of Moab as having a wider extent: "The Plains of Moab lie east of the Dead Sea and River Jordan. The Arnon, running through its midst, divides them into two parts.
From the context it is understood that it lay in Edom, south of the border to Moab which is marked by the River Arnon, modern Wadi Mujib. According to Peter C. Craigie, Zered's "exact location is uncertain." [7]
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