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(stronghold of the Chaldees ).
  1. The son of Shem and ancestor of Eber. ( Genesis 10:22 Genesis 10:24 ; 11:10 )
  2. Arphaxad, a king "who reigned over the Medes in Ecbatana," Judith 1:1-4; perhaps the same as Phraortes, who fell in a battle with the Assyrians, 633 B.C.