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Dead Sea in the Bible

Also called Salt Sea

The Salt Sea marks Judah's eastern border and the desolation left after Sodom. Ezekiel's closing vision has a river from the temple running down to it and making its waters fresh.

Archaeology

The caves at Qumran on its northwestern shore produced the Dead Sea Scrolls, including a complete Isaiah scroll a thousand years older than any previously known Hebrew manuscript.

Read the first mention — Nahum 3:8Search every form of “Sea

Verses mentioning Dead Sea

445 occurrences across 377 verses in the King James Version.

  1. Nahum 3:8

    Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? populous: or, nourishing, etc: Heb. No Amon

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  2. Habakkuk 1:14

    And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? creeping: or, moving

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  3. Habakkuk 2:14

    For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. with: or, by knowing the glory

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  4. Habakkuk 3:8

    Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? of: or, were salvation?

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  5. Habakkuk 3:15

    Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters. heap: or, mud

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  6. Zephaniah 1:3

    I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. stumblingblocks: or, idols

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  7. Zephaniah 2:5

    Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

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  8. Zephaniah 2:6

    And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

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  9. Haggai 2:6

    For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

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  10. Zechariah 9:4

    Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

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  11. Zechariah 9:10

    And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

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  12. Zechariah 10:11

    And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

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  13. Zechariah 14:8

    And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. former: or, eastern

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  14. Matthew 4:13

    And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

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  15. Matthew 4:15

    The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

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  16. Matthew 4:18

    And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

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  17. Matthew 8:24

    And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

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  18. Matthew 8:26

    And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

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  19. Matthew 8:27

    But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

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  20. Matthew 8:32

    And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

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  21. Matthew 13:1

    The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

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  22. Matthew 13:47

    Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

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  23. Matthew 14:24

    But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

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  24. Matthew 14:25

    And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

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  25. Matthew 14:26

    And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

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