Ataroth-addar
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| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ataroth Addar, Ataroth-adar |
| Most likely | Khirbet Atara (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.880° N, 35.218° E |
| Mentioned in | 2 verses |
| First mention | Joshua 16:5 |
Ataroth-addar is a settlement named in 2 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Khirbet Atara (low confidence; 5 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Khirbet Atara | low (19%) | 31.880° N, 35.218° E |
| Khirbet Raddana | very low (14%) | 31.912° N, 35.202° E |
| another name for Ataroth (Joshua 16) | very low (9%) | 31.881° N, 35.228° E |
| Tel al Mazar | very low (6%) | 32.140° N, 35.485° E |
| another name for Mizpah | very low (3%) | 31.885° N, 35.216° E |
| another name for Ataroth (Numbers 32) | very low (-2%) | 31.575° N, 35.666° E |
Verses
Joshua
- Joshua 16:5And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth–addar, unto Beth–horon the upper;This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
- Joshua 18:13And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.