Other texts, such as the Psalms and prophetic books, use the Jordan allegorically. These texts are mostly concentrated in the Elijah and Elisha cycles, but not only there.
(a) When he was fishing, there was a boy playing with his ball at the another river alone. On the other hand, there are also texts which picture the Jordan as an integral part of the land, with Israel in fact settled on both sides. at the opposite river / at the opposite side of the river. Tower of London: Located on the opposite side of the river, crossing Tower Bridge, only a 15 minutes» walk from the hotel is the notorious Tower of London that houses the Crown Jewels. 34:12, which picture the Jordan as a boundary line. Opposite of an act, or the state, of streaming or flowing out, especially rapidly. This is further supported by certain geographic texts such as Num. Opposite of a slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river. This position is best known from those texts that describe the arrival of the tribes of Israel at its banks: Moses is not allowed to cross, Israel’s crossing under Joshua is described in miraculous terms, the two and a half tribes that remain on the eastern side are described as being ‘outside’ the land. Despite all of this, the Jordan does have a unique position within certain biblical texts, as a symbolic boundary of the Promised Land.
Additionally, neither the narrow and swift Jordan above the Kinneret nor the slow and meandering Jordan below the Kinneret were ever all that useful as a means of transportation. Cities such as Hazor, Beth-shean, Rehob and Jericho, all situated near the Jordan but not right on its banks, relied more on local streams and springs than on the river itself. However at second glance, the importance of the Jordan within the Bible actually is surprising: because of its situation within the rift valley, and without modern abilities of pumping and transporting water over long distances, the Jordan was actually only useful to a fairly small number of people. At first glance, this does not seem surprising the Jordan is by far the longest and most voluminous perennial steam in the land, flowing naturally (that is, before calculating the loss of water in the modern period due to use by humans), at a rate of about 1.3 billion cubic meters a year. The River Jordan is mentioned by name about 165 times in the books of the Hebrew Bible, in narrative, in poetry, and, more than any other toponym, in geographical texts.
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