Bible Location
Meaning: the light of redemption · 6 cross references · Modern-day map available
Arpad was a Syrian city commonly mentioned alongside Hamath and Damascus in the orbit of Assyrian expansion. It is important because prophets and historical books use it as an example of kingdoms that could not withstand imperial conquest. First appears in 2 Kgs 18:34.1
Place meaning
the light of redemption
Coordinates
36.47, 37.09
First appears
2 Kgs 18:34
AI summary: Arpad is significant less for internal biblical narrative than for what it represents in international politics. In Kings and Isaiah it appears in the rhetoric of Assyrian power, as conquerors point to fallen cities like Arpad to intimidate Judah and its king. Jeremiah later includes Arpad in an oracle of regional distress, reinforcing its place in the network of Syrian cities shaken by larger empires. The cross references present Arpad as a northern city whose defeat became a warning sign in the age of Assyrian dominance.1
Place meaning
the light of redemption
Latitude
36.47
Longitude
37.09
Bible references
6
(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. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
| Book | Cross-References |
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.