Topic
Ataroth
8 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 32:3Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A city east of the Jordan River
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
- Joshua 16:2Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A city, or possibly two different cities, of Ephraim
And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
- Joshua 16:7Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A city, or possibly two different cities, of Ephraim
And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
- Numbers 32:34Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A city east of the Jordan River
¶ And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
- Joshua 16:5Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A city, or possibly two different cities, of Ephraim
¶ And 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, unto Beth-horon the upper;
- Joshua 18:13Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A city, or possibly two different cities, of Ephraim
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
- 1 Chronicles 2:54Easton · Smith · Nave 3. A city of Judah
The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
- Numbers 32:35Nave 4. A city of Gad
And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 5 references
Crowns. (1.) A city east of Jordan, not far from Gilead (Num. 32:3).
(2.) 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, the house of Joab” (1 Chr. 2:54), a town of Judah inhabited by the descendants of Caleb.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 7 references
- 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)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
at'-a-roth, a-ta'-roth (`aTaroth, "crowns" or "wreaths"; Ataroth):
(1) A city East of the Jordan, apparently in the territory given to Reuben, but built, or fortified, by the children of Gad (Nu 32:3,34). It is named along with Dibon, which is identified with Dhiban. Eight miles Northeast by North of Dibon, on the South of Wady Zerqa Ma`in, stands Jebel `Attarus, in which the ancient name is preserved. The city is doubtless represented by Khirbet `Attarus, about 4 miles West of the mountain.
(2) A place on the boundary between Ephraim and Benjamin, toward the West (Jos 16:2). It seems to be the same as Ataroth- addar of Jos 16:5, 18:13. It is probably to be identified with the modern ed-Dariyeh South of nether Bethhoron, and about 12 1/2 miles West of Jerusalem.
(3) A place on the eastern frontier of Ephraim (Jos 16:7). This town has not been identified. Conder thinks it may be identified with et-Truneh in the Jordan valley, or with Khirbet et-Taiyereh.
W. Ewing
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.