Atlas Biblica

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    Arubboth

    אֲרֻבּוֹת

    Arubboth, a district governed by one of Solomon's twelve officers.

    Where the story of Arubboth happens Where the gazetteer locates Arubboth, framed to them: Arubboth. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Arubboth
    Where the gazetteer locates Arubboth
    verses
    1
    first named
    1 Kings 4:10
    last named
    1 Kings 4:10
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    32.41°N · 35.13°E
    settlement32.41°N · 35.13°E

    Khirbet el Hamam (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 5 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Arubboth in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Arubboth is mentioned in 1Ki.4.10 as one of the twelve districts in Israel during the reign of King Solomon. Each district was governed by an officer appointed by Solomon, and these officers were responsible for providing provisions for the king and his household for one month of the year.

    The officer in charge of the district of Arubboth was Hesed, the son of Hesed. The exact location of Arubboth is not specified in the Bible, but it was likely situated in the central or northern part of Israel, as the districts seem to be listed in a roughly geographical order.

    The mention of Arubboth in the context of Solomon's administrative divisions highlights the king's effective organization and management of his kingdom. By appointing officers over specific districts, Solomon ensured a steady supply of resources for the royal court and maintained control over his vast territory.

    Apart from this single reference in the list of Solomon's districts and their officers, no other information about Arubboth is provided in the Bible. Its inclusion in the administrative record underscores the importance of efficient governance and resource management during Solomon's prosperous reign.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends of an edge always agree. Neither end of one reaches this entity.

    Not stated

    Nothing stands in a stated relation with this entity.

    The pattern

    Where Arubboth is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKS1 KINGS1 VERSE55 books and 876 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKS1 KINGS1 VERSE55 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Arubboth is named in 1 verse — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 65 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. 1 Kings1 verse

      4:10

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereTerritory of JudahOne of the most connected entities of this type.ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereBashanRegion east of the Jordan, known for its fertility.

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