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Ataroth
        (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


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'ataroth' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smith's; 1901.

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