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ATHARIM

Place, according to the nlt, where the Israelites sought to enter Canaan when attacked by the king of Arad (Nm 21:1). The name means “tracks” and is generally thought to be located near Tamar or Hazazon-tamar several miles south of the Dead Sea. One possible reading of the text makes it identical with Tamar. The kjv, following the Targum and Vulgate, translates it “spies.”