Joshua 16:2 - Good News Translation (US Version) From Bethel it went to Luz, passing on to Ataroth Addar, where the Archites lived. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then it went from Bethel to Luz and passed on to Ataroth, the border of the Archites. American Standard Version (1901) and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth; Common English Bible It goes from Bethel to Luz and passes on to the border of the Archites at Ataroth. Catholic Public Domain Version And it goes out from Bethel to Luz. And it crosses the border of Archi to Ataroth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And goeth out from Bethel to Luza: and passeth the border of Archi, to Ataroth: |
When David reached the top of the hill, where there was a place of worship, his trusted friend Hushai the Archite met him with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.
So Hushai, David's friend, returned to the city just as Absalom was arriving.
When Hushai, David's trusted friend, met Absalom, he shouted, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
Ahithophel was adviser to the king, and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend and counselor.
The territory which they took and settled included Bethel and the towns around it, as far east as Naaran and as far west as Gezer and the towns around it. It also included the cities of Shechem and Ayyah, and the towns around them.
The border then went to the slope on the south side of Luz (also called Bethel), then down to Ataroth Addar, on the mountain south of Lower Beth Horon.