Aroer
Aroer (
settlement, and is mentioned in the Bible.Aroer is identified with the modern village of 'Ara'ir in Jordan.[1]
Aroer on the Arnon
Location
Henry Baker Tristram suggested that "Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon" (Deuteronomy 2:36) is the place of modern 'Ara'ir on the north bank of the Wadi Mujib ravine, the biblical Arnon stream, about 11 miles (18 km) from the mouth of the river.[2] The city was still standing in the time of Eusebius.[citation needed] This place was usually described by its situation, in order to distinguish it from other localities of the same name.[3]
Biblical mentions
It appears first as having been captured from
In Joshua 15:22, an Adadah is mentioned. According to Cheyne and Black, arguing partially on the basis of a Septuagint reading of Arouel, this Adadah may in fact be the result of a scribal error, with the text originally reading Ararah, meaning Aroer.[6]
According to a prophecy in the Book of Isaiah,[7] "the cities of Aroer" will become forsaken; however, the Septuagint relates this verse to Damascus in Syria, translating as "deserted for ever" (see Isaiah 17:2).[8]
Archaeology
In the Mesha inscription, line 26, it is mentioned as having been built by the Moabites.
References and sources
- References
- ISBN 9789004369801.
- ^ Tristram, H. B. (Henry Baker) (1873). The land of Moab; travels and discoveries on the east side of the Dead sea and the Jordan. New York : Harper and brothers. p. 144. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
- ^ Deuteronomy 3:12, 4:48; Joshua 12:2, 13:9; Judges 11:26; 2 Samuel 24:5
- ^ Compare Numbers 21:26.
- ^ 2 Kings 10:33)
- ^ Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopaedia Biblica, entry for "Adadah." [1]
- ^ Isaiah 17:2
- ^ Benson Commentary on Isaiah 17, accessed 31 March 2018
- Sources
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