ARPHAXAD

ar-fak'-sad: (1) the King James Version form (Genesis 10:22,24; 11:12-13; 1 Chronicles 1:17) of the Revised Version (British and American) ARPACHSHAD, which see. 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.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.