Person
Arphaxad
Mentioned in 10 verses across 3 books, first in 1 Chronicles 1:17. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 3 verses in 1 Chronicles, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 1:17
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
- 1 Chronicles 1:18
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
- 1 Chronicles 1:24
So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,
Events
Events the dataset lists Arphaxad as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 2346 BCBirth of Arphaxad
- c. 2346 BCLifetime of Arphaxad
- c. 2311 BCBirth of Salah
- c. 1908 BCDeath of Arphaxad
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Son of Shem, born the year after the Deluge. He died at the age of 438 years (Gen. 11:10-13; 1 Chr. 1:17, 18; Luke 3:36). He dwelt in Mesopotamia, and became, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, the progenitor of the Chaldeans. The tendency is to recognize in the word the name of the country nearest the ancient domain of the Chaldeans. Some regard the word as an Egypticized form of the territorial name of Ur Kasdim, or Ur of the Chaldees.