Dict: smith - JABBOK

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JABBOK - J>@ - (emptying), a stream which intersects the mountain range of Gilead, comp. kjv@Joshua:12:2 kjv@Joshua:12:5) and falls into the Jordan on the east about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. It was anciently the border of the children of Ammon. kjv@Numbers:21:24 kjv@Numbers:2:37 kjv@Numbers:3:16 ) It was on the south bank of the Jabbok that the interview took place between Jacob and Esau, kjv@Genesis:32:22) and this river afterward became, toward its western part, the boundary between the kingdoms of Sihon and Og. kjv@Joshua:12:2 kjv@Joshua:12:5) Its modern name is Wady Zurka .