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PLAINS OF JERICHOThe pictorial Bible and commentator - Cobbin, Ingram; March, Daniel; Brockett, L.P.; Stretton, Hesba · 1878

Champaign

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Summary

An archaic English term for a flat, open plain, used in Scripture to describe the Arabah or Jordan valley region.

☩Biblical Usage

The term 'champaign' translates the Hebrew 'arabah,' referring to an open or uninhabited district. In Deuteronomy, Moses describes the Canaanites dwelling in the champaign over against Gilgal. Modern translations render this as 'the Arabah,' the depression extending from the Sea of Galilee through the Jordan Valley to the Dead Sea and beyond.

Key verses:Deuteronomy 11:30

Related Verses1 mention

Deuteronomy· 1 verse

11:30

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Champaign," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. II (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.James Orr (ed.), "Champaign," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).