Ar
Ar, the capital of Moab, mentioned in the context of Israel's journey and prophecies.
The name Ar means “awakening; uncovering”
PlaceOld Testament3 books7 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Numbers 21:15; only referred to as Ar (עָר).
Location
- Identified as
- Khirbet al Balua
- Certainty
- Possible (36% of scholarship) · 4 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 31.360° N, 35.783° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- עָרAr
Mentions
Includes 1 verse that refer to Ar without naming it.
- …even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
- For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.
- Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
- Deuteronomy 2:10Referred to, not named(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
- “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
- …just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
- This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!