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Naaran, Naarath

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: N By: George A. Morrish

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City in Ephraim (Josh. 16:7⁷And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. (Joshua 16:7); 1 Chron. 7:28²⁸And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: (1 Chronicles 7:28)). Some early writers place it five miles from Jericho, and some identify it with ruins at el Aujah et Tahtani, 31° 57' N, 35° 28' E.

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