Reference: Ataroth
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Several places of this name occur in Scripture: one in the tribe of Judah, 1Ch 2:54; one or two in Ephraim, Jos 16:2,5,7; 18:13; and one or two in Gad, Nu 32:3,34-35. Robinson found traces of one of those in Ephraim, on a high hill about six miles north by west from Bethel.
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The tribe of Gad rebuilt the cities of Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
The border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the upper;
It went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
The border went from there to Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lies on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
Easton
crowns.
(1.) A city east of Jordan, not far from Gilead (Nu 32:3).
(2.) A town on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin (Jos 16:2,7), called also Ataroth-adar (Jos 16:5). Now ed-Da'rieh.
(3.) "Ataroth, the house of Joab" (1Ch 2:54), a town of Judah inhabited by the descendants of Caleb.
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The border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the upper;
It went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
Fausets
("crowns".)
1. A town in the land of Jazer and Gilead, taken and "built" by Gad (Nu 32:3,34).
2. A place on the boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh (Jos 16:2,5,7); possibly the same as ATAROTH ADDAR, on the W. border of Benjamin, "near the hill that lieth on the S. side of the nether Bethheron" (Jos 18:13).
3. ATAROTH THE HOUSE OF JOAB (1Ch 2:54), or "Crowns the house of Joab," a town in Judah.
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The border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the upper;
The border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the upper;
It went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
It went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
The border went from there to Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lies on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
The border went from there to Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lies on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
Hastings
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So Moses gave the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half of the tribe of Manasseh, son of Joseph, the kingdoms of King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan. It was the whole land with its cities and its surrounding territory.
It went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
Morish
At'aroth
1. City on the east of the Jordan, built or rebuilt by the children of Gad. Nu 32:3,34. Identified with Attarus, 31 36' N, 35 42' E.
2. City on the borders of Ephraim and Manasseh. Jos 16:2,Jos 16:7
Jos 16:3. 'Ataroth of the house of Joab,' a person or place in connection with the descendants of Caleb. 1Ch 2:54.
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It goes out from Bethel to Luz, and passes along to the borders of Archi to Ataroth, It goes down westward to the coast of Japhleti, to the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: ending at the sea.
It went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
Smith
At'aroth
(crowns).
1. One of the towns in the "land of Jazer and land of Gilead,"
east of the Jordan, taken and built by the tribe of Gad.
2. A place on the (south?) boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh.
It is impossible to say whether Ataroth is or is not the same place as
3. ATAROTH-ADAR, or -ADDAR, on the west border of Benjamin, "near the 'mountain' that is on the south side of the nether Beth-horon."
See Addar
Perhaps the modern Atara, six miles northeast of Bethel.
4. "ATAROTH, THE HOUSE OF JOAB," a place(?) occurring in the list of the descendants of Judah.
See House
See Joab
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The border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the upper;
It went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
The border went from there to Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lies on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,