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

A location near Hamath first mentioned at 2 Kings 18:34; only referred to as Arpad (אַרְפַּד).

Location

Identified as
Tell Rifat
Certainty
Likely (77% of scholarship)
Coordinates
36.472° N, 37.095° E
Arpad
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Glossary entries

Arpad

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
  2. Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
  3. “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
  4. Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
  5. Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
  6. 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.