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 ... of the Tribe of Gad were Ramoth , Jaezer , Aroer , and Dibon , though some of these are marked in bibleverse ... more details
dablink For the river Arnon in France see Arnon France . Mergeto Wadi Mujib date May 2009 Arnon lang he n lang la Arnon is a river and wadi in western Jordan country Jordan , known in modern times in Arabic language Arabic as Wadi Mujib . The Hebrew language Hebrew name means perhaps noisy, a term which well describes the latter part of the course of the river. Its length is about 45 miles, from its highlands in the desert to its entrance into the Dead Sea . It broadens to a width of 100 feet locally, but for the most part is narrow. Though low in summer, it runs as a torrent in the wet season rainy winter season and is 8 or 10 feet deep in places. Its course flows northwesterly, but downstream its course becomes westerly. Its striking feature is the steepness and narrowness of the ravine through which it passes shortly before it empties into the Dead Sea, opposite Ein Gedi . Between the lofty limestone hills, which cause this precipitous descent, and the sea, the river expands into a shallow estuary nearly 100 feet wide. Role in history Image Jewish Encyclopedia Arnon Gorge.jpg thumb right upright Gorge of the River Arnon Near Its Mouth. From Stade, Geschichte des Volkes Israel. The Arnon has always been an important boundary line. Before the History of ancient Israel and Judah Hebrew period it separated, for a time at least, the Moabite s from the Amorite s Book of Numbers Num . 21 13, 26 Book of Deuteronomy Deut . 3 8 Book of Judges Judges 11 18 . After the Hebrew settlement it divided, theoretically at least, Moab from the tribes of Tribe of Reuben Reuben and Tribe of Gad Gad Deut. 3 12, 16 . But in fact Moab lay as much to the north as it did to the south of the Arnon. To the north, for example, were Aroer , Dibon , Medeba , and other Moabite towns. Even under Omri and Ahab , who held part of the Moabite territory, Israel did not hold sway farther south than Ataroth , about ten miles north of the Arnon. Mesha in his inscription Moabite Stone , line 10 ... more details
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 Mazar and George ... more details
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