Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.
Swift, the southern boundary of the territory of Israel beyond Jordan, separating it from the land of Moab (Dt. 3:8, 16). This river (referred to twenty-four times in the Bible) rises in the mountains of Gilead, and after a circuitous course of about 80 miles through a deep ravine it falls into the Dead Sea nearly opposite Engedi. The stream is almost dry in summer. It is now called el-Mujeb. The territory of the Amorites extended from the Arnon to the Jabbok.