1.  A  town  east  of  the  Jordan,  rebuilt  by
the  tribe  of  Gad  (Num.  xxxii.  3,  34).     It  was
taken  from  the  men  of  Gad  by  Mesha,  king
of  Moab  (Moabite  Stone,  10, 11).     Its  name  is
generally  supposed  to  be  preserved  in   the
ruins  'Attarus,  on  the  western  slope  of  Jebel
'Attarus,  three  or  four  miles  east  of  Machserus.
The  mountain  is  some  miles  south  of  Hesh-
bon,  which  is  in  the  tribe  of  Reuben  ;  but  the
territories  of  Reuben  and  Gad,  like  those  of
Judah  and  Simeon,  were  much  commingled.
The  ruins  consist  of  unwrought  stones,  lying
in  heaps ;  ranges  of  broken  walls ;   remains
of  foundations,   large  caverns,  and  circular
cisterns.    The  old  citadel  was  an  hour's  walk
from  the  town,  than  which  it  is  lower,  but
more  isolated.
2.  The  same  as  Ataroth-addar  (Josh.  xvi.  2).
3.  A  town   on  the  border  of  Ephraim,  not
far  from  Jericho.     Apparently  different  from
Ataroth-addar  (Josh.  xvi.  7).
4.  A  village,  apparently  in  Judah  (1  Chron.
ii.  54).    The  name  should  include  the  four
words  that  follow  in  A.  V.  and  be  written  as
in  R.  V.,  Atroth-beth-joab.
At'a-roth-ad'dar,  in  A.  V.  once  Ataroth-
adar  [crowns  of  Addar].
A  village  on  the  southern  frontier  of  Eph
raim  (Josh.  xvi.  5),  on  the  boundary  line  be
tween  that  tribe  and  Benjamin,  west  of  Luz
and  near  the  hill  that  lieth  on  the  south  side
of  the  nether  Beth-boron  (xviii.  13).  Not
identified.  'Atara,  3i  miles  south  of  Bethel,
on  the  road  leading  to  Jerusalem,  is  much
too  far  east.
A'ter  [shut].
1.  A  man   called,  by  way  of  distinction,
Ater  of  Hezekiah,  ninety-eight  of  whose  de
scendants  returned  from  Babylon  after  the
captivity  (Ezra  ii.  16  :  Neh.  vii.  21).
