Laird Harris, rēaʿ, TWOT #2186a).[256] "Fords" (NIV, NRSV), "plain" (KJV) here is ʿarābâ, "desert plain, steppe." It is probably referring to the Jordan-valley west of the river and adjacent plain, near ford (opposite Jericho). BDB 787. This is likely the same ford...