Arpad

Arpad is a settlement named in 6 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Tell Rifat (high confidence).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Verses

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 18:34
  Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?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 Kings 19:13
  Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

Isaiah

• Isaiah 10:9
  Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
• Isaiah 36:19
  Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
• Isaiah 37:13
  Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 49:23
  Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.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.

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.