Places in the Bible Today:

Aroer 4

Data

Translated NamesAroer, Aroerite
Typesettlement
Geo Data KML (for Google Earth)
GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

3 Possible Identifications

  1. another name for Aroer 3 (ancient): 85% confidence. It may be:

    1. satellite view of the region around Khirbet Aro’erKhirbet Aro’er

    2. satellite view of the region around Tel EsdarTel Esdar

    3. satellite view of the region around ArairArair

    4. satellite view of the region around Umm SweiwinehUmm Sweiwineh

    5. satellite view of the region around Khirbet UdenaKhirbet Udena

    6. satellite view of the region around ErjanErjan

  2. another name for Aroer 2 (ancient): 20% confidence. It may be:

    1. satellite view of the region around Umm SweiwinehUmm Sweiwineh

    2. satellite view of the region around Khirbet UdenaKhirbet Udena

    3. satellite view of the region around ErjanErjan

    4. satellite view of the region around ArairArair

  3. another name for Aroer 1 (ancient): less than 10% confidence

    1. satellite view of the region around ArairArair

Verses (1)

1Chr 11:44

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
OpenBible.infoa620b14 (Aroer 4)
TIPNRAroer@Num.32.34

Sources

  1. Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992): Hotham (person)
  2. Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2013)
  3. Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2003)
  4. Lexham Bible Dictionary (2016)
  5. New Bible Dictionary (1996)
  6. New Interpreter’s Bible Dictionary (2009)
  7. New Unger’s Bible Dictionary (1988)
  8. Tyndale Bible Dictionary (2001)
  9. Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (1975)
  10. Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010)
  11. Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010)

Confidence Trends over Time

This chart indicates how confidence in the identifications is changing over time. Each dot (connected by a dotted line) reflects the confidence of an identification over the preceding ten years (e.g., the 2009 dot reflects scholarship from 2000 to 2009), and the corresponding solid line reflects a best-fit line for the identification. Confidences that cluster near or below 0% indicate low confidence. Because of the small dataset, it's best to use this chart for general trends; if one identification is trending much higher than the others (in this case, another name for Aroer 3), then you can probably have higher confidence in the identification. This chart only reflects the sources I consulted (listed above), not an exhaustive review of the literature.

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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019

About

This page attempts to identify all the possible locations where this biblical place could be. It's best to think about the confidences in relative rather than absolute terms. Often they reflect different schools of thought, each confident in their identifications.