Joshua 16:2

“And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, etc.] For though these two places in time became one, yet they were originally distinct. Bethel, at which Jacob stopped, and who gave it its name, was a field adjacent to the city of Luz, (<013811>Genesis 38:11,19); and therefore with propriety may be, as they here are, distinguished: and passeth along unto the borders Archi to Ataroth; or to Archiataroth; these two words being the name of one and the same place, and to be joined as they are, in the Greek version, and others; and is the same with Atarothaddar, (<061605>Joshua 16:5 18:13). Ataroth was its proper name, but it had these additional epithets to distinguish it from another Ataroth; (see <061607>…”

“Of Archi - (Read “of the Archite,” also a designation of David’s friend Hushai (2 Samuel 15:32; 2 Samuel 16:16, etc.). The word is derived from Erech Genesis 10:10. But whether there was in the neighborhood of Bethel a place bearing this Babylonian name, or whether a colony from the East had settled in this spot and brought the name with them, is unknown. Ataroth - Called Joshua 16:5; Joshua 18:13 Ataroth-adar (= “crowns of fame or greatness”) perhaps to distinguish it from two other places bearing the same name but, situated on the other side of Jordan, in the territory of Gad Numbers 32:34. It is identified with Atara, near the road from Jerusalem to Nablous. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Bethel: Jos 18:13; Gen 28:19; Jdg 1:22-26 Archi: Sa2 16:16; Ch1 27:33 Joshua 16:3”