Ar
Ar is a settlement mentioned in 7 verses. Its most likely location is Khirbet al Balua. The name means “awakening; uncovering.”
Where is Ar?
Approx. 31.3599, 35.7828 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khirbet al Balua | settlement | Medium |
| Misna | settlement | Medium |
| Rabba | settlement | Low |
| Khirbet el Medeineh | settlement | Low |
| Kerak | settlement | Low |
Verses that mention Ar
- Numbers 21:15
And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
- Numbers 21:28
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
- Deuteronomy 2:9
And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
- Deuteronomy 2:10
The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
- Deuteronomy 2:18
Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
- Deuteronomy 2:29
(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.
- Isaiah 15:1
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;