Dict: easton - Arnon

easton:

Arnon @ swift, the southern boundary of the territory of Israel beyond Jordan, separating it from the land of Moab kjv@Deuteronomy:3:8 kjv@Deuteronomy:3:16). This river (referred to twenty-four times in the Bible) rises in the mountains of Gilead, and after a circuitous course of about 80 miles through a deep ravine it falls into the Dead Sea nearly opposite Engedi. The stream is almost dry in summer. It is now called el
- Mujeb. The territory of the Amorites extended from the Arnon to the Jabbok.