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Ataroth

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(crowns). (1) A town of Gilead (Num. 32:3,34³Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, (Numbers 32:3)
³⁴And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, (Numbers 32:34)). (2) A place on the southern boundary of Ephraim (Josh. 16:2,7²And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, (Joshua 16:2)
⁷And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. (Joshua 16:7)). (3) Perhaps same as above (1 Chron. 2:54⁵⁴The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. (1 Chronicles 2:54)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. City on the east of the Jordan, built or rebuilt by the children of Gad (Num. 32:3,34³Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, (Numbers 32:3)
³⁴And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, (Numbers 32:34)). Identified with Attarus, 31° 36' N, 35° 42' E.

2. City on the borders of Ephraim and Manasseh (Josh. 16:2,7²And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, (Joshua 16:2)
⁷And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. (Joshua 16:7)).

3. “Ataroth of the house of Joab,” a person or place in connection with the descendants of Caleb (1 Chron. 2:54⁵⁴The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. (1 Chronicles 2:54)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

5852 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

`Atarowth

Phonic:

at-aw-roth’

Meaning:

or Ataroth {at-aw-roth'}; plural of 5850; Ataroth, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine

KJV Usage:

Ataroth

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

crowns

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Crowns:―the name of two places in Palestine, Num. 32:3. {Coronae}