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Arad
Town or city mentioned in 4 verses of the Bible, most often in Numbers.
Where it appears
Numbers (2), Joshua (1), Judges (1)
Key verses
- Numbers 21:1 first mention — And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
- Numbers 33:40 — And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
- Joshua 12:14 — The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
- Judges 1:16 — And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
Nearby places
- Jattir 13 km
- Maon 14 km
- Timnah 14 km
- Wilderness of Maon 14 km
- Eshtemoa 14 km
- Carmel 16 km
- Hormah 18 km
- Kabzeel 18 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. OpenBible.info rates this identification as uncertain; scholars propose other sites. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.