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Aroer
Town or city mentioned in 13 verses of the Bible, most often in Deuteronomy.
Where it appears
Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (3), Numbers (1), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)
Key verses
- Numbers 32:34 first mention — And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
- Deuteronomy 2:36 — From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
- Deuteronomy 3:12 — And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
- Deuteronomy 4:48 — From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
- Joshua 12:2 — Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
- Joshua 13:9 — From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
- Joshua 13:16 — And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
- Judges 11:26 — While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
- 2 Samuel 24:5 — And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
- 1 Chronicles 5:8 — And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:
- Isaiah 17:2 — The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
- Jeremiah 48:19 — O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
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