Aroer
Town
Location disputed Khirbet Udena: about 65 km (40 miles) east of Jerusalem
Where Scholars Place It
- Khirbet Udena Possible
- Umm Sweiwineh Possible
- Erjan Less likely
Aroer in the Bible Dictionary · Another Aroer (town · Numbers 32:34) · Another Aroer (town · 1 Samuel 30:28) · Another Aroer (town · 1 Chronicles 11:44)
Named in 2 Verses
- Joshua 13:25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
- Judges 11:33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
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