ataroth Summary and Overview

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.

(crowns). 1. One of the towns in the "land of Jazer and land of Gilead," #Nu 32:3| east of the Jordan, taken and built by the tribe of Gad. #Nu 32:34| 2. A place on the (south?) boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh. #Jos 16:2,7| It is impossible to say whether Ataroth is or is not the same place as 3. ATAROTH-ADAR, or -ADDAR, on the west border of Benjamin, "near the 'mountain' that is on the south side of the nether Beth-horon." #Jos 16:5; 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. #1Ch 2:54|

AT'AROTH (crowns). (1). A town of Gad, east of the Jordan, Num 32:3, Num 32:34, about 7 miles north-west of Dibon; now the ruin Attarus. (2). A town of Ephraim, Josh 16:2; perhaps the same as Ataroth-adar and Ataroth-addar. Josh 18:13. It may be the modern Atâra, 6 miles north-west of Bethel, though Conder suggests that it is identical with ruins discovered at ed-Dârieh. (3). In 1 Chr 2:54, Ataroth, the house of Joab, if a place, may refer to one in Judah, which Schwartz would identify with Latrum, between Jaffa and Jerusalem.

("crowns".) 1. A town in the land of Jazer and Gilead, taken and "built" by Gad (Numbers 32:3; Numbers 32:34). 2. A place on the boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh (Joshua 16:2; Joshua 16:5; Joshua 16:7); possibly the same as ATAROTH ADDAR, on the W. border of Benjamin, "near the hill that lieth on the S. side of the nether Bethheron" (Joshua 18:13). 3. ATAROTH THE HOUSE OF JOAB (1 Chronicles 2:54), or "Crowns the house of Joab," a town in Judah.