Aroer in Biblical History

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What is Aroer?
AR'OER
(ruins), the name of several places. 1. A city on the north side of the river Arnon, given to Reuben. Josh 13:9, Ex 17:16. It belonged to Sihon of the Amorites, Deut 2:36; Deut 3:12; Deut 4:48; Josh 12:2; Jud 11:26; taken by Syria, 2 Kgs 10:33; possessed by Moab, Jer 48:19. It is identified with ruins on the edge of a steep cliff, 13 miles west of the Dead Sea, and called Ara'ir. 2. A city before Rabbah, built by Gad, Num 32:34; Josh 13:25; it was probably not far west of the modern town of Amman. 3. Aroer, in Isa 17:2, if a proper name, must refer to a region near Damascus. 4. A town in the south of Judah, 1 Sam 30:28 ; now Ar'arah, on the road from Gaza to Petra, and 11 miles south-west of Beer-sheba. Four wells are found there.

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