Difference between revisions of "Arpad; Arphad"
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
<p> '''''ar´pad''''' ; '''''ar´fad''''' ( ארפּד , <i> ''''''arpādh''''' </i> , "support"): A city of Syria, captured frequently by the Assyrians, and finally subjugated by Tiglath-pileser Iii in 740 bc, after a siege of two years. It is now the ruin <i> '''''Tell Erfād''''' </i> , 13 miles Northwest of Aleppo. [[Arpad]] is one of the conquered cities mentioned by Rabshakeh, the officer of Sennacherib, in his boast before [[Jerusalem]] ( 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Kings 19:13; Isaiah 36:19; Isaiah 37:13; the King James Version [[Arphad]] ). Isaiah puts a boast about its capture in the mouth of the [[Assyrian]] king ( Isaiah 10:9 ), and Jeremiah mentions it as "confounded" because of evil tidings, in the oracle concerning [[Damascus]] ( Jeremiah 49:23 ). On every occasion Arpad is mentioned with Hamath. </p> | |||
Arpad; Arphad <ref name="term_1123" /> | |||
<p> ''''' ar´pad ''''' ; ''''' ar´fad ''''' ( ארפּד , <i> ''''' 'arpādh ''''' </i> , "support"): A city of Syria, captured frequently by the Assyrians, and finally subjugated by Tiglath-pileser Iii in 740 bc, after a siege of two years. It is now the ruin <i> ''''' Tell Erfād ''''' </i> , 13 miles Northwest of Aleppo. [[Arpad]] is one of the conquered cities mentioned by Rabshakeh, the officer of Sennacherib, in his boast before [[Jerusalem]] ( 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Kings 19:13; Isaiah 36:19; Isaiah 37:13; the King James Version [[Arphad]] ). Isaiah puts a boast about its capture in the mouth of the [[Assyrian]] king ( Isaiah 10:9 ), and Jeremiah mentions it as "confounded" because of evil tidings, in the oracle concerning [[Damascus]] ( Jeremiah 49:23 ). On every occasion Arpad is mentioned with Hamath. </p> | |||
== References == | |||
<references> | |||
<ref name="term_1123"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/arpad;+arphad Arpad; Arphad from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
</references> | |||
Revision as of 16:12, 14 October 2021
Arpad; Arphad [1]
ar´pad ; ar´fad ( ארפּד , 'arpādh , "support"): A city of Syria, captured frequently by the Assyrians, and finally subjugated by Tiglath-pileser Iii in 740 bc, after a siege of two years. It is now the ruin Tell Erfād , 13 miles Northwest of Aleppo. Arpad is one of the conquered cities mentioned by Rabshakeh, the officer of Sennacherib, in his boast before Jerusalem ( 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Kings 19:13; Isaiah 36:19; Isaiah 37:13; the King James Version Arphad ). Isaiah puts a boast about its capture in the mouth of the Assyrian king ( Isaiah 10:9 ), and Jeremiah mentions it as "confounded" because of evil tidings, in the oracle concerning Damascus ( Jeremiah 49:23 ). On every occasion Arpad is mentioned with Hamath.
