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Chief city of Moab — Israel was forbidden to attack it because God gave it to Lot's descendants
MoabHistorically Verified
The exact site is debated but most candidates lie in central Moab between the Arnon and Mujib rivers. Iron Age Moabite settlements throughout the area have been documented.
The chief city of Moab, situated along the Arnon River that formed Moab's northern border. God explicitly forbade Israel from attacking Ar because He had given it "to the descendants of Lot" — the Moabites (Deuteronomy 2:9, 18). When Israel passed near it on the way north, the Moabites of Ar sold them food and water (Deuteronomy 2:29). The fragment of the ancient war song quoted in Numbers 21 celebrates Ar's destruction by Sihon the Amorite king before Israel's arrival — fire from Heshbon "devoured Ar of Moab."
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