Bible Location
Meaning: heath; tamarisk · 6 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Aroer entry refers to the town near Rabbah in Ammonite territory, distinct from the better-known Aroer on the Arnon gorge. It is important because it appears in Jephthah's victory traditions and in the eastern geography of Gad and Ammon. First appears in Num 32:34.1
AI summary: Aroer is another name that must be read carefully by location. This record points to the Aroer connected with Rabbah and the Ammonite frontier rather than the more famous city on the Arnon. Its verses cluster around eastern tribal settlement, Jephthah's campaign, and David's census route, showing that it belonged to the contested transjordanian landscape north of the Arnon zone. The cross references present this Aroer as an Ammon-facing eastern town whose significance lies in frontier conflict and territorial identity.1
One of the towns built by the tribe of Gad (Num. 32:34) “before Rabbah” (Josh. 13:25), the Ammonite capital. It was famous in the history of Jephthah (Judg. 11:33) and of David (2 Sam. 24:5). (Comp. Isa. 17:2; 2 Kings 15:29.) 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.