arpad Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
arpad in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Isa. 10:9; 36:19; 37:13), also Arphad, support, a Syrian city near Hamath, along with which it is invariably mentioned (2 Kings 19:13; 18:34; Isa. 10:9), and Damascus (Jer. 49:23). After a siege of three years it fell (B.C. 742) before the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser II. Now Tell Erfud.
arpad in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
AR'PAD or AR'PHAD (strong city), a town or region in Syria. near Hamath, 2 Kgs 18:34; Isa 10:9; dependent on Damascus. Jer 49:23. See Arvad.
arpad in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
A city dependent on Damascus, and always named with Hamath (now Hamah on the Orontes). It fell before Sennacherib (2 Kings 18:34; Isaiah 10:9).