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Ataroth
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At'aroth. (crowns).
1. 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.
2. A place on the south (?) boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh. Joshua 16:2; Joshua 16:7. It is impossible to say whether Ataroth is or is not the same place as...
3. Ataroth-Adar, or Ataroth-Addar, on the west border of Benjamin, "near the 'mountain' that is on the south side of the nether Beth-horon." Joshua 16:5; Joshua 18:13.
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. 1 Chronicles 2:54.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Ataroth'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/a/ataroth.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Ataroth'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/a/ataroth.html. 1901.
