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Arad

Arad ā´răd [key], in the Bible, royal town in the Negev, the modern Tell Arad (Israel), S of Hebron. The king Arad in the Book of Numbers is a mistranslation for king of Arad. It is the only tell (mound) in the Negev and indicates the existence of a fortified town in the Bronze Age.

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