Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Ataroth?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Kafr Aqab.

First appears in Joshua 16:2 · 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: Kafr Aqab.

Ataroth is represented in the local geography layer as Kafr Aqab. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 16:2 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 12 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 12 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 20 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 20 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 34 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 Kafr Aqab.

Ataroth is commonly identified with Kafr Aqab, 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

Kafr Aqab

31.881°N · 35.228°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention