Jeremiah 48:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You people of Aroer, wait beside the road, and when refugees run by, ask them, “What happened?”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:36

The LORD helped us capture every town from the gorge of the River Arnon north to the boundary of Gilead, including the town of Aroer on the edge of the gorge and the town in the middle of the gorge.

1 Samuel 4:16

“I escaped from the fighting today and ran here.” “Young man, what happened?” Eli asked.

2 Samuel 24:5

They crossed the River Jordan and began with Aroer and the town in the middle of the river valley. From there they went towards Gad and on as far as Jazer.

Numbers 32:34

The tribe of Gad rebuilt the towns of Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

Joshua 12:2

The first king whom Moses and the Israelites defeated was an Amorite, King Sihon of Heshbon. The southern border of his kingdom ran down the middle of the Arnon gorge, taking in the town of Aroer on the northern edge of the gorge. The River Jabbok separated Sihon's kingdom from the Ammonites on the east. Then the Jabbok turned west and became his northern border, so his kingdom included the southern half of the region of Gilead.

Judges 11:26

For three hundred years, Israelites have been living in Heshbon and Aroer and the nearby villages, and in the towns along the Arnon gorge. If the land really belonged to you Ammonites, you wouldn't have waited until now to try to get it back.