Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Arpad?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell Rifat.

First appears in 2 Kings 18:34 · 3 books · 6 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Rifat.

Arpad is represented in the local geography layer as Tell Rifat. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Kings 18:34 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 6 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 337 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 437 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 442 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 450 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 498 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Arpad today

Travel to Arpad, the modern-day Tell Rifat.

Arpad is commonly identified with Tell Rifat, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Arpad is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tell Rifat

36.472°N · 37.095°E

Key passages

Appears in

Isaiah

3 chapters · 3 verse mentions

2 Kings

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Jeremiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention