Where is Arad in the Bible?
Arad was a Canaanite city located in the Negev desert. During Israel's wilderness journey, the king of Arad attacked the Israelites and took some of them captive (Num. 21:1). Arad appears in 4 verses across 3 books of the Bible.
What happened at Arad?
Arad was a Canaanite city located in the Negev desert. During Israel's wilderness journey, the king of Arad attacked the Israelites and took some of them captive (Num. 21:1). Israel vowed to destroy the city if God gave them victory, which they did, renaming the place Hormah (Num. 21:2-3). Later, after the conquest of Canaan, Arad was included in the list of cities defeated by Joshua (Jos. 12:14). In the time of the judges, the Kenites, descendants of Moses' father-in-law, settled in the wilderness of Judah, south of Arad (Jdg. 1:16). The city's mentions in the Bible highlight its strategic location and its interactions with the Israelites during their early history.
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Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
Where does Arad appear in the Bible?
Arad is referenced in 4 verses across 3 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Judges 1:16
- Joshua 12:14
- Numbers 21:1
- Numbers 33:40
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Arad.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Arad?
Arad appears in 4 verses across 3 books, most often in Numbers, which accounts for 2 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Arad?
Numbers, Judges, Joshua.
Where can I read every verse about Arad?
This page lists 4 of them. Protos carries all 4, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
