Aroer in the Bible

Meaning: heath; tamarisk

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From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:

Verse ConceptsCities Under AttackArnonThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

Verse ConceptsHillsHalf Of DistrictsArnonReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,

Verse ConceptsArnon

Thematic Bible



From Aroer, which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us -- the Lord our God gave them all to us.

This is the land we brought under our control at that time: The territory extending from Aroer by the Wadi Arnon and half the Gilead hill country with its cities I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites.

Israel has been living in Heshbon and its nearby towns, in Aroer and its nearby towns, and in all the cities along the Arnon for three hundred years! Why did you not reclaim them during that time?


Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,


for those in Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,


He conquered all the land of Gilead, including the territory of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh, extending all the way from the Aroer in the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.


He defeated them from Aroer all the way to Minnith -- twenty cities in all, even as far as Abel Keramim! He wiped them out! The Israelites humiliated the Ammonites.


Their territory extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon -- that is, Hermon --


References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

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