The Jordan River is the largest river in Israel. It starts at the foothills of Mount Hermon. It descends into the Sea of Galilee and from there it travels 65 miles to the Dead Sea, but because of its meandering path, it travels 104 miles to get there.
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Mentioned in total 179 times in the Bible:
Gen. 32:10, Gen. 50:10, Gen. 50:11, Num. 13:29, Num. 22:1, Num. 26:3, Num. 26:63, Num. 31:12, Num. 32:5, Num. 32:19, Num. 32:21, Num. 32:29, Num. 32:32, Num. 33:48, Num. 33:49, Num. 33:50, Num. 33:51, Num. 34:12, Num. 34:15, Num. 35:1, Num. 35:10, Num. 35:14, Num. 36:13, Deut. 1:1, Deut. 1:5, Deut. 2:29, Deut. 3:8, Deut. 3:17, Deut. 3:20, Deut. 3:25, Deut. 3:27, Deut. 4:21, Deut. 4:22, Deut. 4:26, Deut. 4:41, Deut. 4:46, Deut. 4:47, Deut. 4:49, Deut. 9:1, Deut. 11:30, Deut. 11:31, Deut. 12:10, Deut. 27:2, Deut. 27:4, Deut. 27:12, Deut. 30:18, Deut. 31:2, Deut. 31:13, Deut. 32:47, Josh. 1:2, Josh. 1:11, Josh. 1:14, Josh. 1:15, Josh. 2:7, Josh. 2:10, Josh. 3:1, Josh. 3:8, Josh. 3:11, Josh. 3:13, Josh. 3:14, Josh. 3:15, Josh. 3:17, Josh. 4:1, Josh. 4:3, Josh. 4:5, Josh. 4:7, Josh. 4:8, Josh. 4:9, Josh. 4:10, Josh. 4:16, Josh. 4:17, Josh. 4:18, Josh. 4:19, Josh. 4:20, Josh. 4:22, Josh. 4:23, Josh. 5:1, Josh. 7:7, Josh. 9:1, Josh. 9:10, Josh. 12:1, Josh. 12:7, Josh. 13:8, Josh. 13:23, Josh. 13:27, Josh. 13:32, Josh. 14:3, Josh. 15:5, Josh. 16:1, Josh. 16:7, Josh. 17:5, Josh. 18:7, Josh. 18:12, Josh. 18:19, Josh. 18:20, Josh. 19:22, Josh. 19:33, Josh. 19:34, Josh. 20:8, Josh. 22:4, Josh. 22:7, Josh. 22:10, Josh. 22:11, Josh. 22:25, Josh. 23:4, Josh. 24:8, Josh. 24:11, Judg. 3:28, Judg. 5:17, Judg. 6:33, Judg. 7:24, Judg. 7:25, Judg. 8:4, Judg. 10:8, Judg. 10:9, Judg. 11:13, Judg. 11:22, Judg. 12:5, Judg. 12:6, 1 Sam. 13:7, 1 Sam. 31:7, 2 Sam. 2:29, 2 Sam. 10:17, 2 Sam. 16:14, 2 Sam. 17:22, 2 Sam. 17:24, 2 Sam. 19:15, 2 Sam. 19:17, 2 Sam. 19:18, 2 Sam. 19:31, 2 Sam. 19:36, 2 Sam. 19:39, 2 Sam. 19:41, 2 Sam. 20:2, 2 Sam. 24:5, 1 Kings 2:8, 1 Kings 7:46, 1 Kings 17:3, 1 Kings 17:5, 2 Kings 2:6, 2 Kings 2:7, 2 Kings 2:13, 2 Kings 5:10, 2 Kings 5:14, 2 Kings 6:2, 2 Kings 6:4, 2 Kings 7:15, 2 Kings 10:33, 1 Chron. 6:78, 1 Chron. 12:15, 1 Chron. 12:37, 1 Chron. 19:17, 1 Chron. 26:30, 2 Chron. 4:17, Job 40:23, Ps. 42:6, Ps. 114:3, Ps. 114:5, Isa. 9:1, Jer. 12:5, Jer. 49:19, Jer. 50:44, Ezek. 47:18, Zech. 11:3, Matt. 3:5, Matt. 3:6, Matt. 3:13, Matt. 4:15, Matt. 4:25, Matt. 19:1, Mark 1:5, Mark 1:9, Mark 3:8, Mark 10:1, Luke 3:3, Luke 4:1, John 1:28, John 3:26, John 10:40
10/10. fully confirmed, archaeological findings and tradition confirm the identification of this place.