ARPAD är’ păd (אַרְפָּ֔ד; ARPAD KJV) Isa 36:19; 37:13. The name of a province and its chief city located in the northern region of Syria near the city of Hamath with which it is invariably associated in the Bible.

The modern Tell Refad, twenty-five m. N of Aleppo, most prob. marks the site today.

The violent history of Arpad led to its being used as a proverbial expression by Rabshakeh (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13; Isa 36:19; 37:13). The proverb is attributed to the Assyrians (Isa 10:9). The city was overrun by the Assyrians in 740 b.c. under Tiglath-pileser III and in 720 b.c. by Sargon II. The inability of Arpad and Hamath to withstand the Assyrian attack led to Rabshakeh’s claim that Israel could not stand as well.