Num 21:1-3 | ESV | STEP | When the Canaanite , the king of Arad , who lived in the Negeb , heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim , he fought against Israel , and took some of them captive .

e ch. 14:45; Deut. 1:44; Josh. 19:4; Judg. 1:17

Numbers 21:1-3

Arad Destroyed

1 When ^athe Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in ^bthe Negeb, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. 2 ^cAnd Israel vowed a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.” ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verse 3} 3 And the Lord heeded the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted them and their cities to destruction. So the name of the place was called ^eHormah. ^{▼▼ Hormah means destruction}