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Ataroth

Disambiguation

The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Ataroth. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.A city east of Jordan, not far from Gilead (Num.
  2. 2.A town on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh.
  3. 3.“Ataroth, the house of Joab” (1 Chr.

Crowns.

  1. Ataroth (1)

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    A city east of Jordan, not far from Gilead (Num. 32:3).

  2. Ataroth (2)

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    A town on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:2, 7), called also Ataroth-adar (16:5). Now ed-Da’rieh.

  3. Ataroth (3)

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    “Ataroth, the house of Joab” (1 Chr. 2:54), a town of Judah inhabited by the descendants of Caleb.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(crowns).

One of the towns in the “land of Jazer and land of Gilead,” (Numbers 32:3) east of the Jordan, taken and built by the tribe of Gad. (Numbers 32:34) A place on the (south?) boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh. (Joshua 16:2,7) It is impossible to say whether Ataroth is or is not the same place as ATAROTH-ADAR, or -Addar, on the west border of Benjamin, “near the ’mountain’ that is on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.” (Joshua 16:5; 18:13) Perhaps the modern Atara, six miles northeast of Bethel. “ATAROTH, THE House OF Joab,” a place(?) occurring in the list of the descendants of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:54)

In the Bible

7

Verses where Ataroth is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 2:54

    The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,

  • Joshua 16:2

    It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.

  • Joshua 16:5

    This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon

  • Joshua 16:7

    From Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.

  • Joshua 18:13

    From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

  • Numbers 32:3

    “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

+1 more verse naming Ataroth.

Scripture on Ataroth

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Entries that reference Ataroth

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Ataroth references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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