Easton's Bible Dictionary. M.G. Easton. 1897.
Ataroth — (עטרות) means crowns in Hebrew. In the Bible, the name Ataroth refers to one of two or perhaps three towns:*A town east of the Jordan in Gilead, mentioned in Numbers 32:3 and 32:34, in the territory of the Tribe of Gad. Ataroth lay within the… … Wikipedia
ATAROTH — (Heb. עֲטָ רוֹת), name of several biblical towns or settlements. (1) A city in the territory beyond the Jordan, conquered from the Amorites by Moses and the Israelites and allotted to Gad (Num. 32:3, 34), even though it was situated within the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ATAROTH — civitas in tribu Gad. Numer. c. 32. v. 3. et 34 … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
ATAROTH-ADAR — civitas in tribu Ephraim, Ios. c. 16. v. 5 … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Mesha Stele — in the Louvre Museum. The Mesha Stele (popularized in the 19th century as the Moabite Stone ) is a black basalt stone bearing an inscription by the 9th century BC ruler Mesha of Moab in Jordan. The inscription was set up about 840 BC as a… … Wikipedia
'Atara — Other transcription(s) Arabic عطارة Also spelled Attara (official) Ataroth (unofficial) View of A … Wikipedia
MOAB — (Heb. מוֹאָב), a land E. of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, one of Israel s neighbors in biblical times. The highland of Moab extends southward to the Zered River (Wādī al Ḥasāʾ), eastward to the desert, and westward to the Dead Sea. Its northern… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its … Wikipedia
Arnon (western Jordan) — Arnon (Hebrew: אַרְנוֹן) is a river and wadi in western Jordan, known in modern times in Arabic as Wadi Mujib . The Hebrew name means perhaps noisy, a term which well describes the latter part of the course of the river. Its length is about 45… … Wikipedia
Tribal allotments of Israel — According to the Book of Joshua, Joshua divided the newly conquered land of Canaan into parcels, and assigned them to the Tribes of Israel by lot. The Book of Joshua describes the parcels by giving landmarks along the borders, or in some cases by … Wikipedia
