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Arphaxad

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Arphaxad (ärfăk`săd), in the Bible.

1 Median king at Ecbatana, defeated by Nebuchadnezzar. He has not been definitely identified with anyone in other records.

2 Son of Shem. It has been supposed that he was the eponym of the Chaldaeans.


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The enemy forces of Nebuchadnezzar, commanded by the general Holofernes, are dispatched to Judea to punish the Judeans for not supporting Nebuchadnezzar in his war with Arphaxad.
 
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