Num 21:1 | NASB1995 | STEP | When the Canaanite , the king of Arad , who lived in the Negev , heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim , then he fought against Israel and took some of them captive .

‏ Numbers 21:1

1 When the Canaanite, the king of ^aArad, who lived in the ^{▼▼ I.e. South country}Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of ^{▼▼ Or the spies}Atharim, then he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.