Numbers 21:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Canaanite king of Arad lived in the Southern Desert of Canaan, and when he heard that the Israelites were on their way to the village of Atharim, he attacked and took some of them hostage.

Cross References

Genesis 12:9

Later, Abram started out towards the Southern Desert.

Numbers 14:45

The Amalekites and the Canaanites came down from the hill country, defeated the Israelites, and chased them as far as the town of Hormah.

Numbers 33:40

It was then that the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Southern Desert of Canaan, heard that Israel was headed that way.

Deuteronomy 2:32

We met Sihon and his army in battle at Jahaz,

Judges 1:16

The people who belonged to the Kenite clan were the descendants of the father-in-law of Moses. They left Jericho with the people of Judah and settled near Arad in the Southern Desert of Judah not far from the Amalekites.