Arad
Arad, a Canaanite city that attacked Israel during their wilderness journey, later inhabited by the Kenites.
The name Arad means “a wild ass; a dragon”
PlaceTribe of BenjaminOld Testament3 books4 verses
Summary
A location in Benjamin Tribe first mentioned at Numbers 21:1; only referred to as Arad (עֲרָד).
Location
- Identified as
- Tel Arad
- Certainty
- Possible (43% of scholarship) · 1 other possible location
- Coordinates
- 31.281° N, 35.125° E
Glossary entries
Connections
- Founded by
Alternative names
- עֲרָדArad
Mentions
- When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.
- Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.
- …the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
- Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.