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ATAROTH

(Heb. ʿăṭārôṯ)

1. A town in Transjordan taken by the Israelites from Sihon the Amorite (Num. 32:3) and allotted to the tribe of Gad, who rebuilt it (Num. 32:34; Mesha Stela l. 10). Mesha, the Moabite king, later took it from the Gadites (Mesha l. 11) after the death of Ahab. It has been identified with Khirbet ʿAṭṭārûs (213109), ca. 13 km. (8 mi.) NW of Dibon.

2. A town on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:2), probably the same place as Ataroth-addar (Josh. 16:5; 18:13).

3. A town in Ephraim (Josh. 16:7) in the Jordan Valley, possibly identified with Tell Sheikh edh-Dhiab.

4. A place in Judah (1 Chr. 2:54) which has not been identified. However, it is possible to read Atroth-beth-joab (“the crowns of the house of Joab”) as an appositive to Bethlehem and the Netophathites.

Paul J. Ray, Jr.






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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