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2. A city of the tribe of Gad (Joshua 13:25 ) near Rabbah, capital of the Ammonites. This may be the Aroer where Jephthah defeated the Ammonites (Judges 11:33 ).
3. Town in southern Judah about twelve miles southeast of Beersheba with whose leaders David divided the spoil of battle (1 Samuel 30:28 ). This is located at modern Khirbet Arara. The text of Joshua 15:22 may have originally read Aroer. Two of David's captains hailed from Aroer ( 1 Chronicles 11:44 ).
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