Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Atroth-beth-joab?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Bethlehem.

First appears in 1 Chronicles 2:54 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Crowns. (1. ) A city east of Jordan, not far from Gilead (Num. 32:3). (2. ) A town on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:2, 7), called also Ataroth-adar (16:5). Now ed-Da’rieh. Modern identification: Bethlehem.

Atroth-beth-joab is represented in the local geography layer as Bethlehem. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 1 Chronicles 2:54 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Key passages

Appears in

1 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention