Arad

Town

Location disputed Tel Arad: about 55 km (35 miles) south of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

• Tel Arad Possible
• Tel Malhata Possible
• Tel Masos Less likely

Arad in the Bible Dictionary · Another Arad (town · Judges 1:16)

Named in 3 Verses

• Numbers 21:1 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;

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