Arpad
Arpad was a city in northern Syria conquered by the Assyrians.
The name Arpad means “the light of redemption”
PlaceOld Testament3 books6 verses
Summary
Location
- Identified as
- Tell Rifat
- Certainty
- Likely (77% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 36.472° N, 37.095° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- אַרְפַּדArpad
Mentions
- Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
- Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
- “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
- Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
- Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
- Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.