Aroer
Now Arair.
location: likely
Named in 9 tagged verses in 5 books, first at Deuteronomy 2:36.
- Kind
- Settlement
- Coordinates
- 31.47° N, 35.82° E
- Nearest
- Iyim 4.5 km
- People
- 1 person
- Events
- 5 events
- Tagged in
- 9 verses
Map
Aroer is the filled marker at the centre; the 10 nearest places with a page are around it. The position follows OpenBible.info, which grades it a likely location.
People
People named in the same verses as Aroer, most often first.
Events
5 events told in verses that name Aroer, in the order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).
- 1450 BCWar with Canaanites1 shared verse
- 1444 BCDividing the land2 shared verses
- 1151 BCDeliverance by Jephthah1 shared verse
- 885 BCReign of Jehu1 shared verse
- 627 BCProphecies of Jeremiah1 shared verse
Mentions
9 tagged verses in 5 books. Select a book to read its verses.
Counts are verses tagged with this place in Theographic. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 9 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Deuteronomy3 verses
- 2:36
From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
- 3:12
So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
- 4:48
extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
Joshua3 verses
- 12:2
Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,
- 13:9
The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
- 13:16
The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
Judges1 verse
- 11:26
For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
2 Kings1 verse
- 10:33
from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.
Jeremiah1 verse
- 48:19
Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
Nearby
The 10 places with a page nearest to Aroer, by straight-line distance.