1.One of the wives of Ashhur the 'father' of Tekoa (1Ch 4:5 f.). 2. A town of Ephralm (Jos 16:7; called in 1Ch 7:28 Naaran). It is perhaps the ruin el-' Aujeh, 6 miles N. of Jericho.
It proceeded from Janoah to Ataroth, then to Naarah, then proceeded to Jericho and ended at the Jordan River.
These were the descendants of Hur, Ephrathah's firstborn, who fathered Bethlehem: Tekoa's father Ashhur had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
Their possessions and settlements included Bethel and its towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its towns to the west, Shechem and its towns as far as Ayyah and its towns
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