Joshua 16:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Beth-horon the upper;

The border of their inheritance ... was Ataroth-addar. Ataroth-addar (now Atara), 4 miles south of Jetta (Robinson), is fixed on as a center, through which a line is drawn from upper Beth-horon to Michmethah, showing the western limit of their actual possessions. The tract beyond that line to the sea was still unconquered.

Joshua 16:5

5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;