1. Joshua 12:3 (ESV)
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What are the other names for the Sea of Chinneroth and the Sea of Arabah?

Joshua 12:3 (ESV)

3 and the Arabah to the Sea of Chinneroth eastward, and in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth, to the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, southward to the foot of the slopes of Pisgah;

The Sea of Chinneroth is another (old) name for the Sea of Galilee. The Sea of Arabah is another (old) name for the Dead Sea.1

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