Numbers 21:1

NETBible

1 When the Canaanite king of Arad 2  who lived in the Negev 3  heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner.

NIV ©

When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them.

NASB ©

When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, then he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.

NLT ©

The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that the Israelites were approaching on the road to Atharim. So he attacked the Israelites and took some of them as prisoners.

MSG ©

The Canaanite king of Arad, ruling in the Negev, heard that Israel was advancing up the road to Atharim. He attacked Israel and took prisoners of war.

BBE ©

And it came to the ears of the Canaanite, the king of Arad, living in the South, that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, and he came out against them and took some of them prisoners.

NRSV ©

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.

NKJV ©

The king of Arad, the Canaanite, who dwelt in the South, heard that Israel was coming on the road to Atharim, then he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoners.

KJV
And [when] king
<04428>
Arad
<06166>
the Canaanite
<03669>_,
which dwelt
<03427> (8802)
in the south
<05045>_,
heard
<08085> (8799)
tell that Israel
<03478>
came
<0935> (8802)
by the way
<01870>
of the spies
<0871>_;
then he fought
<03898> (8735)
against Israel
<03478>_,
and took
<07617> (8799)
[some] of them prisoners
<07628>_.
NASB ©
When the Canaanite
<3669>
, the king
<4428>
of Arad
<6166>
, who lived
<3427>
in the Negev
<5045>
, heard
<8085>
that Israel
<3478>
was coming
<935>
by the way
<1870>
of Atharim
<871>
, then he fought
<3898>
against Israel
<3478>
and took
<7617>
some
<4480>
of them captive
<7628>
.
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
hkousen
<191> 
V-AAI-3S
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
cananiv {N-PRI} basileuv
<935> 
N-NSM
arad {N-PRI} o
<3588> 
T-NSM
katoikwn {V-PAPNS} kata
<2596> 
PREP
thn
<3588> 
T-ASF
erhmon
<2048> 
N-ASF
hlyen
<2064> 
V-AAI-3S
gar
<1063> 
PRT
israhl
<2474> 
N-PRI
odon
<3598> 
N-ASF
ayarin {N-PRI} kai
<2532> 
CONJ
epolemhsen
<4170> 
V-AAI-3S
prov
<4314> 
PREP
israhl
<2474> 
N-PRI
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
katepronomeusan {V-AAI-3P} ex
<1537> 
PREP
autwn
<846> 
D-GPM
aicmalwsian
<161> 
N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL
When
<08085>
the Canaanite
<03669>
king
<04428>
of Arad
<06166>
who lived in
<03427>
the Negev
<05045>
heard that
<03588>
Israel
<03478>
was approaching
<0935>
along the road
<01870>
to Atharim
<0871>
, he fought
<03898>
against Israel
<03478>
and took
<07617>
some of
<04480>
them prisoner
<07628>

<07617>
.
HEBREW
ybs
<07628>
wnmm
<04480>
bsyw
<07617>
larvyb
<03478>
Mxlyw
<03898>
Myrtah
<0871>
Krd
<01870>
larvy
<03478>
ab
<0935>
yk
<03588>
bgnh
<05045>
bsy
<03427>
dre
<06166>
Klm
<04428>
ynenkh
<03669>
emsyw (21:1)
<08085>
NETBible

1 When the Canaanite king of Arad 2  who lived in the Negev 3  heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner.

NET Notes

1 sn This chapter has several events in it: the victory over Arad (vv. 1-3), the plague of serpents (vv. 4-9), the approach to Moab (vv. 10-20), and the victory over Sihon and Og (vv. 21-35). For information, see D. M. Gunn, “The ‘Battle Report’: Oral or Scribal Convention.” JBL 93 (1974): 513-18; and of the extensive literature on the archaeological site, see EAEHL 1:74-89.

2 sn The name Arad probably refers to a place a number of miles away from Tel Arad in southern Israel. The name could also refer to the whole region (like Edom).

3 tn Or “the south”; “Negev” has become a technical name for the southern desert region and is still in use in modern times.