Atroth-shophan
Atroth-shophan (Biblical Place • Aroer 2 • 31.962°N, 35.911°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 32:35 (identified with Aroer 2 ). It is closely linked with Ataroth 2 (Biblical Place • Upper Beth-horon • 31.859°N, 35.128°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 16:2 , Josh 16:7 (identified with Upper Beth-horon ).
Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage
Ithamar (Generation 27 • Child of Aaron ): ( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 24:1 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ). (mentioned in Exodus 6 , Exodus 28 , Exodus 38 ) Abram/Abraham (Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah ): ( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world. (mentioned in Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 , Genesis 17 ) Shem (Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah ): ( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , Genesis 6 , Genesis 7 ) Jehoshaphat (Generation 38 • Messianic Line • Child of Asa ): Jehoshaphat is a biblical figure in Generation 38 of the Messianic Line, child of Asa , parent of Joram . ( 1 Chronicles 3:10 , Matthew 1:8 ) (mentioned in 2 Samuel 8 , 2 Samuel 20 , 1 Kings 4 )
Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture
Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Atroth-shophan (Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 32:35 (identified with Aroer 2 ).) Ataroth 2 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 16:2 , Josh 16:7 (identified with Upper Beth-horon ).) Ataroth-addar (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 16:5 , Josh 18:13 (identified with Upper Beth-horon ).) Ataroth 1 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 32:3 , Num 32:34 .)
Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context
Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Numbers 32:35 : "And Atroth Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah ,"; Amos 7:1 : "Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the kin..."; AP.1ES 9:49: "Then said Attharates to Esdras the chief priest and reader, and to the Levites that taught the multitude, even to all,".