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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Ataroth the house of Joab
One of the place-clans listed under Salma in Judah's genealogy, beside Bethlehem and the Netophathites. The awkward wording is probably a compound name, Atroth-beth-Joab, to tell this Ataroth from the others. Nobody has found it.
One of the place-clans listed under Salma in Judah's genealogy, beside Bethlehem and the Netophathites. The awkward wording is probably a compound name, Atroth-beth-Joab, to tell this Ataroth from the others. Nobody has found it.
"Ataroth the house of Joab" is one of several place-clans listed as descendants of Salma in the genealogy of Judah, alongside Bethlehem and the Netophathites (1 Chronicles 2:54). The awkward phrasing likely reflects a compound name, Atroth-beth-Joab, distinguishing this Ataroth, meaning "crowns," a name shared by several unrelated biblical towns, from those other places. Its precise location has not been identified.
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- 1 Chronicles 2:54
