John the Baptist used total immersion in the River Jordan for believers ; ;

* 1799 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.

Three years later, war broke out on the east of the Jordan River, and Ahab with Jehoshaphat of Judah went to recover Ramoth-Gilead.

David took refuge from Absalom's forces beyond the Jordan River.

Ammon (; ), also referred to as the Ammonites and children of Ammon, was an ancient nation described in the Old Testament to be located east of the Jordan River, Gilead, and the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan .< ref >

The well-mounted army defeated sultan Al-Adil I ( Sultan of Egypt ) in Bethsaida at Jordan River on 10 November.

He was surnamed Jordan after being baptised in the Jordan River.

When the Israelites, led by Joshua toward the Promised Land, arrived at the banks of the River Jordan, the Ark was carried in the lead preceding the people and was the signal for their advance ( Joshua 3: 3, 6 ).

* Joshua led the Israelites out of the wilderness into the Promised Land, crossing the Jordan River as if on dry ground ( 3: 16 ), just as Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt through the Red Sea, which they crossed as if on dry land ( Ex.

* After crossing the Jordan River, the Israelites celebrated the Passover ( 5: 10 – 12 ) just as they did immediately before the Exodus ( Ex.

The book ends with the new generation of Israelites in the plain of Moab ready for the crossing of the Jordan River.

It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River.

The Jordan River is the only major water source flowing into the Dead Sea, although there are small perennial springs under and around the Dead Sea, creating pools and quicksand pits along the edges.

Around three million years ago, what is now the valley of the Jordan River, Dead Sea, and Wadi Arabah was repeatedly inundated by waters from the Mediterranean Sea.

Beginning in the 1960s, water inflow to the Dead Sea from the Jordan River was reduced as a result of large-scale irrigation and generally low rainfall.

The delta of the Jordan River was formerly a veritable jungle of papyrus and palm trees.

It is here that the Upper Jordan River / Sea of Galilee / Lower Jordan River water system comes to an end.

In recent decades, the Dead Sea has been rapidly shrinking because of diversion of incoming water from the Jordan River to the north.

This might include increasing the volume of flow from the Jordan River to replenish the Dead Sea.

Crossing the Jordan ( 3: 1 – 17 )

Recent acting performances can be seen in a 2006 episode of Crossing Jordan and the Sci Fi original film A. I.

Although this featured Moon's singing, much drumming was left to other artists, including Ringo Starr, session musicians Curly Smith and Jim Keltner and actor / musician Miguel Ferrer ( Twin Peaks and Crossing Jordan ).

Most tourists arrive at Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, through Eilat, Israel and the Taba Border Crossing, by train or bus from Cairo or by Ferry from Aqaba in Jordan.

" The Children of Israel Crossing the Jordan " by Gustave Doré

Gibson invited Baez to perform with him at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, where the two sang two duets, " Virgin Mary Had One Son " and " We Are Crossing Jordan River ".

* There are two main border crossings: the Taba Border Crossing to Taba, Egypt and Wadi Araba Crossing to Aqaba, Jordan, renamed the Yitzhak Rabin Border Crossing on the Israeli side.

Fictional alumni include the title character on Crossing Jordan, Alex Welch from the novella The Odd Saga of the American and a Curious Icelandic Flock, and Dr. Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos.

* Crossing Jordan ( 2005 )

* Leslie Bibb, American actress ( Crossing Jordan, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and former fashion model

* The lead character in the television series Crossing Jordan is a medical examiner.

Jeremiah " Jerry " O ' Connell ( born February 17, 1974 ) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the TV series Sliders, Andrew Clements in My Secret Identity, Vern Tessio in the film Stand by Me, Derek in Scream 2, Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack, and Detective Woody Hoyt on the drama Crossing Jordan.

O ' Connell starred as Detective Woody Hoyt on the NBC crime drama Crossing Jordan ( 2001 ) until its cancellation in May 2007, and was engaged to actress Rebecca Romijn.

His younger brother Charlie O ' Connell, an alumnus of NYU who was most recently seen as The Bachelor, is also an actor who has appeared with Jerry in several productions, usually playing the brother of Jerry's character, such as in Sliders and Crossing Jordan.

Woody Hoyt from Crossing Jordan, which ends officially based on the events from Season 4 episode, " History of Violins ".

* Jill Hennessy, as Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh of Crossing Jordan in several crossover episodes

* Jerry O ' Connell, as Detective Woody Hoyt of Crossing Jordan in several crossover episodes.

Las Vegas is set in the same universe as fellow NBC series Crossing Jordan.

* Crossing Jordan: " What Happens in Vegas Dies in Boston " ( November 7, 2004 ) with Duhamel, Marcil and Caan

* Crossing Jordan: " Luck Be a Lady " ( October 2, 2005 ) with Duhamel & Marcil

* Crossing Jordan: " Crazy Little Thing Called Love " ( February 11, 2007 ) with Duhamel & Molly Sims

In 1902 William Crossing wrote that he had been told by an old moorman that some of the granite blocks from the tomb's pedestal had also been used to make a clapper bridge across a stream flowing into the River Swincombe near the farm.

The Detroit River International Crossing is a new bridge project expected to be completed in approximately 2013 ; it will directly connect Highway 401 in Canada to Interstate 75 in the U. S.

Exterior shots of guests arriving for the funeral were filmed in Thurrock, Essex overlooking the River Thames with the backdrop of the Dartford River Crossing and at stately homes in Bedfordshire ( Luton Hoo for wedding two reception ) and Hampshire.

Travellers Crossing the Oi River, one of the ten prints Hokusai added to the original 36 prints in 36 Views of Mount Fuji.

“ Crossing the Dark River: Shaker Funerals and Cemeteries .” Communal Societies.

Crossing the Volga, he mustered a new army, which was totally annihilated by the Mongols in the Battle of the Sit River on March 4.

Crossing the entire width of Prince George's County, Maryland, it ends from the DC line at its junction with MD Route 408 at Waysons Corner near the Patuxent River, for a total length of.

The trails on the north side joined the trail from Three Island Crossing about west of Glenns Ferry on the north side of the Snake River.

It bypassed the Three Island Crossing and continued traveling down the south side of the Snake River.

Crossing the Rapidan River via Germanna and Ely's Fords, the Federal infantry concentrated near Chancellorsville on April 30.

* Pitikwahanapiwiyin ( Pîhtokahânapiwiyin-‘ Poundmaker ’, Chief of the River Cree, born about 1842 in the North Battleford Region in Saskatchewan ; son of Sikakwayan (‘ Skunk Skin ’), an shaman of the Assiniboine and a Franco-Canadian Métisse, the sister of Chief Mistāwasis (" Big Child "), Chief of a band consisting of Plains River Cree ( Sīpīwininiwak-paskwāwiyiniwak ), Woods River Cree (‘ Sīpīwininiwak-sakāwiyiniwak ’), Western Woodland Cree ( Sakāwiyiniwak ) and Nakoda ( Stoney ), was adopted in 1873 by the Siksika chief Crowfoot as son, lived several years by the Blackfeet-name Makoyi-koh-kin (‘ Wolf Thin Legs ’) under the Siksika, returned to the Cree, became counselor of the Chief Pihew-kamihkosit (‘ Red Pheasant ’), was involved in the negotiations for the Treaty 6 in 1876 and went in 1879 in the Poundmaker reservation, later he participated in the siege of Battleford and the Battle of Cut Knife, died 4 July 1886 in Blackfoot Crossing, Alberta )

* Mary River Crossing Conservation Area

Crossing the Macauley River, Lilybank Station, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1977.

The Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing, Dartford River Crossing ( DRC ) ( or simply the Dartford Crossing ) is a major road crossing of the River Thames in England, connecting Dartford in the south to Thurrock in the north, via two road tunnels and the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.