TelʿArad

archaeological site, Israel

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ruins of biblical ʿArad

  • Modern housing with memorial to town's dead in the Arab–Israeli War of 1967, ʿArad, Israel
    In ʿArad

    …of which are visible at Tel ʿArad, about 5 1/2 miles (9 km) east-northeast. The book of Numbers (21:1–3) tells how the Canaanite king of ʿArad fought the Israelites during the exodus from Egypt, but his cities were “utterly destroyed” by Israel’s armies. The city’s name appears on the Temple…

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