Ataroth
crowns. (1.) A city east of Jordan, not far from Gilead (
Num. 32:3). (
2.) A town on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin (
Josh. 16:2,
7), called also Ataroth-adar (16:5). Now ed-Da'rieh. (3.) "Ataroth, the house of Joab" (
1 Chr. 2:54), a town of Judah inhabited by the descendants of Caleb