Arphaxad (ISBE)

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ar -fak´sad : (1) The King James Version form (Genesis 10:22 , Genesis 10:24; Genesis 11:12 , Genesis 11:13; 1 Chronicles 1:17 ) of the Revised Version (British and American) ARPACHSHAD . See also TABLE OF NATIONS . (2) In Apocrypha (Judith 1) a king of the Medes, who reigned in Ecbatana. He was defeated and slain by Nebuchadrezzar.