Aroer lang he , is a Biblical town on the north bank of the River Arnon to the Transjordan Bible east of the Dead Sea , in present day Jordan . The town was an ancient Moabite settlement, and is mentioned in the Bible. Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon Deuteronomy Deut . ii. 36 , is probably represented by the present ruins of Arz ir on the north bank of the Arnon ravine, about eleven miles 18 kilometres from the mouth of the river Tristram, Moab, pp. 129 131 . The city was still standing in the time of Eusebius . This place was usually described by its situation, in order to distinguish it from other localities of the same name Deuteronomy Deut . iii. 12, iv. 48 Book of Joshua Josh . xii. 2, xiii. 9 Book of Judges Judges xi. 26 II Books of Samuel Sam . xxiv. 5 . It appears first as having been captured by the Amorite king Sihon from Moab compare Num. xxi. 26 . In the Mesha Stele Mesha inscription , l. 26, it is mentioned as having been built by the Moabites . After Ancient Israel Israel s attack on the Amorites , it was assigned as part of the territory of the tribe of Reuben Bible Reuben , whose southern frontier it marked. This is the city mentioned in Book of Numbers Num . xxxii. 34, with the southern towns, as having been built by the children of Tribe of Gad Gad before the distribution of the land. When Hazael and his Syrians took from Ancient Israel Israel the territory Transjordan Bible across the Jordan River Jordan , Aroer is given as its southern limit Books of Kings II Kings x. 33 . It is clear, from Book of Jeremiah Jer . xlviii. 19, that the Moabites ultimately recovered it from the Israelite s. According to a prophecy in the Book of Isaiah writings of Isaiah chapter 17, verse 2 , Aroer will become either forsaken, forsaken and desolate, or forsaken forever, depending on which manuscript is used to derive the English translation ... of Aroer. References http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 1804&letter A Aroer, Jewish ... more details
of the children of Ammon , unto Aroer that is before Rabbah and from Heshbon unto Ramath mizpeh, and Betonim ... of Gad were Ramoth , Jaezer , Aroer , and Dibon , though some of these are marked in bibleverse ... more details
David Ussishkin N a 1975 82 AroerAroer Avraham Biran Aroer is an Israelite town in the Negev Desert , not to be confused with the Moabite Aroer located in Jordan 1977 9, 1981 9 Timnah Timnah Amihai ... more details
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