Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

The way of the spies

General references

Bible References

Arad

Numbers 33:40
And the Canaanite, king Arad, will hear, and he will dwell in the south in the land Canaan, in the coming of the sons of Israel.
Joshua 12:14
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
Judges 1:16
And the sons of the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, went up from the city of palm-trees with the sons of Judah to the desert of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and he went up and dwelt with the people:

The way of the spies

Numbers 13:21
And they will go up and will search out the land from the desert of Zin even to Rehob, to go to Hameth.
Numbers 14:45
And Amalek came down, and the Canaanite, he dwelling in the mountain, and he will smite them, and will beat them, even to Hormah.

Then

Deuteronomy 2:32
And Sihon came forth to our meeting, he and all his people to war at Jahaz.
Joshua 7:5
And the men of Ai will smite of them about thirty and six men; and they will pursue them before the gate, even to Shebarim; and they will smite them in going down, and the heart of the people will melt and will be as water.
Joshua 11:19
There was not a city that made peace to the sons of Israel, only the Hivites dwelling in Gibeon; they took all in war.
Psalm 44:3
For by their sword they possessed not the land, and their arm saved them not: for thy right hand and thine arm, and the light of thy face, for thou didst delight in them.

General references

Numbers 20:17
Now we will pass over in thy land: we will not pass through in the field and in the vineyard, and we will not drink the water of the well: the way of the king we will go; we will not incline to the right or to the left till we shall pass over thy boundary.