Aroer 1

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH VALLEY OF THE ARNON · GILEAD 1 · DIBON 1 · HESHBON AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Dibon 1 ABOUT 3 MI (5 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Ataroth 1 ABOUT 12 MI (19 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Baal-meon ABOUT 15 MI (25 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Medeba ABOUT 17 MI (27 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 40 MI (65 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

3 OTHER PLACES CALLED AROER

13 PASSAGES · 9 BOOKS

Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 3
Joshua 3
Judges 1
2 Samuel 1
2 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 1
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 1

COORDINATES 31.4708, 35.8194

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