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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
The king of Arad, the Canaanite king who lived in the south of the land of Canaan, heard about the approach of the Israelites.
Joshua 12:14
the king of Hormah (one), the king of Arad (one),
Judges 1:16
Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Date Palm Trees to Arad in the desert of Judah, located in the Negev. They went and lived with the people of Judah.

The way of the spies

Numbers 13:21
So they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at the entrance of Hamath.
Numbers 14:45
So the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country swooped down and attacked them as far as Hormah.

Then

Deuteronomy 2:32
When Sihon and all his troops emerged to encounter us in battle at Jahaz,
Joshua 7:5
The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people's courage melted away like water.
Joshua 11:19
No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,
Psalm 44:3
For they did not conquer the land by their swords, and they did not prevail by their strength, but rather by your power, strength and good favor, for you were partial to them.

General references

Numbers 20:17
Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King's Highway; we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.'"

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