The Canaanites were quick to rebuild their strategic city; when Joshua reached the area a few years later, invading from the north and systematically clearing the Canaanites from "the mountainous region and the Negeb," one of the opposers facing him was "the king of Arad."
Vakanana va wu pfuxete hi xihatla muti wa vona wa nkoka; naswona loko Yoxuwa a fike endhawini yoleyo endzhakunyana ka malembe ma nga ri mangani, a hlasela ku sukela evupela-dyambu a lovisa Vakanana ku sukela "[etindhawini] ta tintshava na Negebu," un'wana wa lava a lweke na vona a ku ri "hosi ya Aradi."