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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Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon --
And the sons of Gad build Dihon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, and Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi to Ataroth,
And the border of the sons of Ephraim is by their families; and the border of their inheritance is on the east, Atroth-Addar unto Beth-Horon the upper;
and gone down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and touched against Jericho, and gone out at the Jordan.
and the border hath gone over thence to Luz, unto the side of Luz (it is Beth-El) southward, and the border hath gone down to Atroth-Addar, by the hill that is on the south of the lower Beth-Horon;
Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite;
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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Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon --
and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi to Ataroth,
And the border of the sons of Ephraim is by their families; and the border of their inheritance is on the east, Atroth-Addar unto Beth-Horon the upper;
and gone down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and touched against Jericho, and gone out at the Jordan.
Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite;
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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Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon --
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon --
and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi to Ataroth,
and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi to Ataroth,
And the border of the sons of Ephraim is by their families; and the border of their inheritance is on the east, Atroth-Addar unto Beth-Horon the upper;
And the border of the sons of Ephraim is by their families; and the border of their inheritance is on the east, Atroth-Addar unto Beth-Horon the upper;
and gone down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and touched against Jericho, and gone out at the Jordan.
and gone down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and touched against Jericho, and gone out at the Jordan.
and the border hath gone over thence to Luz, unto the side of Luz (it is Beth-El) southward, and the border hath gone down to Atroth-Addar, by the hill that is on the south of the lower Beth-Horon;
and the border hath gone over thence to Luz, unto the side of Luz (it is Beth-El) southward, and the border hath gone down to Atroth-Addar, by the hill that is on the south of the lower Beth-Horon;
Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite;
Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite;
Hastings
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Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon --
And Moses giveth to them, to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land by its cities, in the borders, the cities of the land round about.
and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi to Ataroth,
and gone down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and touched against Jericho, and gone out at the Jordan.
Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite;
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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Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon --
and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi to Ataroth, and gone down westward unto the border of Japhleti, unto the border of Beth-Horon the lower, and unto Gezer, and its outgoings have been at the sea.
and gone down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and touched against Jericho, and gone out at the Jordan.
Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite;
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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Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon --
and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi to Ataroth,
And the border of the sons of Ephraim is by their families; and the border of their inheritance is on the east, Atroth-Addar unto Beth-Horon the upper;
and gone down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and touched against Jericho, and gone out at the Jordan.
and the border hath gone over thence to Luz, unto the side of Luz (it is Beth-El) southward, and the border hath gone down to Atroth-Addar, by the hill that is on the south of the lower Beth-Horon;
Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite;