Place
Arad
Canaanite city in the Negeb
Canaanite Negeb city whose king attacked Israel during the wilderness journey, prompting the vow that led to its destruction at Hormah.
Who or what is this?
A city in the Negeb whose king heard of Israel's approach and attacked them, taking some captive (Numbers 21:1). Israel vowed to God that if delivered they would utterly destroy the Canaanite cities, and after victory the place was called , meaning "devoted to destruction." In 12:14 the king of is listed among the thirty-one kings defeated. Judges 1:16 records that the descendants of ' father-in-law settled in the wilderness of near Arad. The city later appears in the catalogue of Judah's southern towns (Joshua 15:21).
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