A city in the south of Judah, 12 miles south-east of Beersheba, to which David sent presents after recovering the spoil from the Amalekites at Ziklag (1 Sam. 30:26, 28). It was the native city of two of David’s warriors (1 Chr. 11:44). It is now called Ar’arah.
City
Aroer
- Name means
- heath; tamarisk
- Location
- 31.149°N, 34.985°E
- Mentioned
- 1 verse
About Aroer
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Nearby
Every mention
1 Samuel
30:28
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.