Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'jordan' occurs 201 times in the standard works.

83 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'jordan' in the standard works and contain 41.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 38 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 3:11-4:10 (17 in 17 verses)

Josh. 4:16-5:1 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 33:48-51 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 19:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 22:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 32:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)


2 Sam. 17:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

 17:22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

 17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.




Josh. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 13:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 19:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 6:78 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 13:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 18:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 19:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 10:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 182 0 182
Gen. 5 0 5
Num. 21 0 21
Deut. 26 0 26
Josh. 70 0 70
Judg. 12 0 12
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 16 0 16
1 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 9 0 9
1 Chr. 6 0 6
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 3 0 3
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 3 0 3
Ezek. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 15 0 15
BM 4 0 4
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 201 0 201

2 Sam. 2:29
And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.

2 Sam. 10:17
And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

2 Sam. 17:22
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

2 Sam. 17:24
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

2 Sam. 19:15
So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

2 Sam. 19:17
And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

2 Sam. 19:18
And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;

2 Sam. 19:31
And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

2 Sam. 19:36
Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

2 Sam. 19:39
And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

2 Sam. 19:41
And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?

2 Sam. 20:2
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 24:5
And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: