Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Ataroth?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet Ataruz.

First appears in Numbers 32:3 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Crowns. (1. ) A city east of Jordan, not far from Gilead (Num. 32:3). (2. ) A town on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:2, 7), called also Ataroth-adar (16:5). Now ed-Da’rieh. Modern identification: Khirbet Ataruz.

Ataroth is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet Ataruz. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 32:3 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jordan

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 39 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 46 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ataroth today

Travel to Ataroth, the modern-day Khirbet Ataruz.

Ataroth is commonly identified with Khirbet Ataruz, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Ataroth is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Khirbet Ataruz

31.575°N · 35.666°E

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions