Aroer
Where Aroer sits on the map, and the 13 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Arair
- Coordinates
- 31.4708, 35.8194
- Mentions
- 13 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
13 verses, in biblical order.
Numbers
- Numbers 32:34
Therefore, the sons of Gad built up Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 2:36
from Aroer, which is above the bank of the torrent Arnon, a town which is situated in a valley, all the way to Gilead. There was not a village or city which escaped from our hands. The Lord our God delivered everything to us,
- Deuteronomy 3:12
And we possessed the land, at that time, from Aroer, which is above the bank of the torrent Arnon, as far as the middle of Mount Gilead. And I gave its cities to Ruben and Gad.
- Deuteronomy 4:48
from Aroer, which is situated above the bank of the torrent Arnon, as far as Mount Zion, which is also called Hermon,
Joshua
- Joshua 12:2
Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, and who had dominion from Aroer, which is situated on the bank of the torrent Arnon, and the valley in the middle, and one half of Gilead, as far as the torrent Jabbok, which is the border of the sons of Ammon,
- Joshua 13:9
from Aroer, which is situated on the bank of the torrent Arnon and in the midst of the valley, and all the plains of Medeba, as far as Dibon;
- Joshua 13:16
And their border was from Aroer, which is situated on the bank of the torrent Arnon, and in the midst of the valley of the same torrent, with all the flatlands that lead to Medeba;
Judges
- Judges 11:26
And though he has lived in Heshbon, and its villages, and in Aroer, and its villages, and in all the cities near the Jordan for three hundred years, why have you, for such long a time, put forward nothing about this claim?
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 24:5
And when they had passed across the Jordan, they arrived at Aroer, to the right of the city, which is in the Valley of Gad.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 10:33
from the Jordan opposite the eastern region, in all the land of Gilead, and Gad, and Reuben, and Manasseh, from Aroer, which is above the torrent Arnon, in both Gilead and Bashan.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 5:8
Now Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baalmeon.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 17:2
The cities in ruin will be left for the flocks, and they will take rest there, and there will be no one who may terrify them.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 48:19
Stand in the way, and gaze out, O habitation of Aroer! Question him who is fleeing, and say to him who has escaped: ‘What has happened?’