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Carmel-by-the-Sea

(Encyclopedia)Carmel-by-the-Sea or Carmel kärmĕlˈ [key], village (2020 pop. 3,220), Monterey co., S ...

(Encyclopedia)Jordan, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, formed in the Hula basin, N Israel, by the confluence of three headwater streams and meandering S through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea; the region of Pales...

Arabah

(Encyclopedia)Arabah or Araba both: äˈräbä, ărˈəbə [key], depression, on the Israel-Jordan border, extending c.100 mi (160 km) from the Dead Sea S to the Gulf of Aqaba; part of the Great Rift Valley complex...

Zin

(Encyclopedia)Zin, in the Bible, wilderness through which the Israelites wandered, SW of the Dead Sea.

Sodom

(Encyclopedia)Sodom sŏdˈōmə [key], in the Bible, the principal of the Cities of the Plain (the others being Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Zoar, which was spared) destroyed by fire from heaven because of their w...

Siddim

(Encyclopedia)Siddim, in the Bible, locale of the battle of the kings, said to mean the valley of the Dead Sea.

Ziz

(Encyclopedia)Ziz, in the Bible, pass or wadi, through which an allied army moved from the Dead Sea toward Jerusalem to attack Jehoshaphat.

Peraea

(Encyclopedia)Peraea pērēˈə [key], in Roman times, the area E of the Jordan River, between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, and S of the Decapolis. ...

Qumran

(Encyclopedia)Qumran ko͞omränˈ [key], ancient village on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, in what is now the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It is famous for its caves, in some of which the Dead Sea Scrolls were...

Mephaath

(Encyclopedia)Mephaath mĕfˈāăth, mēfāˈăth [key], in the Bible, Levitical city, later Moabite, E of the Dead Sea. ...