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Arad , 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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Arad, Israel, Romania 1. Israel: although only founded in 1961, it is named after the biblical Arad whose ruins are close by. The Bible (Numbers 21: 1–3) describes how the Canaanite King of Arad was defeated by Israel and his cities ‘utterly destroyed’.2. Romania: a county and a city, formerly called Ziridava. Ara, of Thracian–Dacian origin, means a ‘Curve made by a River’. The city is situated in a curve in the River Mureş valley. It was a small Roman garrison. Between 1552 and 1699 it was in Ottoman Turkish hands, later falling to the Austrians and Hungarians. It was ceded to Romania in 1920.

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