Ar
Where Ar sits on the map, and the 7 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Khirbet al Balua
- Coordinates
- 31.3599, 35.7828
- Mentions
- 7 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
7 verses, in biblical order.
Numbers
- Numbers 21:15
The stones of the torrents were bent, so that they might rest in Ar and lie back within the borders of the Moabites.
- Numbers 21:28
A fire has gone forth from Heshbon, a flame from the town of Sihon, and it has devoured Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the heights of Arnon.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 2:9
And the Lord said to me: ‘You should not fight against the Moabites, nor should you go to battle against them. For I will not give to you anything from their land, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.’
- Deuteronomy 2:10
The Emim were the first of its inhabitants, a people great and strong, and of such great height, like the race of the Anakim.
- Deuteronomy 2:18
‘Today, you shall cross the borders of Moab, at the city named Ar.
- Deuteronomy 2:29
just as the sons of Esau have done, who live at Seir, and the Moabites, who abide in Ar, until we arrive at the Jordan, and we cross to the land which the Lord our God will give to us.’
Isaiah
- Isaiah 15:1
The burden of Moab. Because Ar of Moab has been destroyed by night, it is utterly silent. Because the wall of Moab has been destroyed by night, it is utterly silent.