'Ara'ir

'Ara'ir
'Ara'ir is located in Jordan
'Ara'ir
'Ara'ir
Location in Jordan
Coordinates: 31°28′17″N 35°49′19″E / 31.47151°N 35.821922°E / 31.47151; 35.821922
Country Jordan
GovernorateMadaba Governorate
Time zoneUTC + 2

'Ara'ir (Arabic: عراعير) is a town in the Madaba Governorate of north-western Jordan,[1] thought to be the biblical town of Aroer.[2] Aroes in Hellenistic and Roman periods.[3]

  1. ^ Maplandia world gazetteer
  2. ^ Erwin Louis Lueker, The Concordia Bible Dictionary (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1963)
  3. ^ Parker, S.; R. Talbert; T. Elliott; S. Gillies (20 October 2012). "Places: 697635 (Aroes)". Pleiades. Retrieved August 6, 2014.