Gilead (Transjordan) · Old Testament · 7 verses
The Jabbok was a river east of the Jordan, flowing down through Gilead into the Jordan. It formed a boundary in the region. The name appears in Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy and 2 more in the King James text.
About Jabbok River
The Jabbok was a river east of the Jordan, flowing down through Gilead into the Jordan. It formed a boundary in the region.
Its place in the story
At the ford of the Jabbok Jacob wrestled with God through the night and was renamed Israel. The Jabbok later marked a boundary of the lands taken east of the Jordan.
Jabbok River in Scripture (KJV)
“And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.”
“And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.”
“Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.”
“And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;”
“Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;”
“And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.”
The Jabbok was a river east of the Jordan, flowing down through Gilead into the Jordan. It formed a boundary in the region. The name appears in Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy and 2 more in the King James text.
What happened at Jabbok River?
At the ford of the Jabbok Jacob wrestled with God through the night and was renamed Israel. The Jabbok later marked a boundary of the lands taken east of the Jordan.