ATAROTH . 1 . A town not far from Dibon ( Numbers 32:3; Numbers 32:33 ), probably the modern Khirbet ‘Attârûs , to the N.W. of Dhîbân . 2 . A town on the S. border of the territory of the children of Joseph ( Joshua 16:2 ), called Ataroth-addar in v. 5, probably identical with ed-Dârîyeh , 1 1 / 2 mile S.W. of Bethhoron the Lower. 3 . A town not identified, towards the E. end of the same border ( Joshua 16:7 ). 4 . The name of a family ( 1 Chronicles 2:54 , RV [Note: Revised Version.] Atroth-beth-Joab ).
W. Ewing.
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