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==Another person with the same name== Another Arpaxad is referenced in the [[deuterocanonical]] [[Book of Judith]] as a king of the [[Medes]], and if this supposed Median king is contemporary with the conquest of the Assyrians, he could be identified with [[Phraortes]] ({{circa|665}} - 633 BC).<ref>[[Jerusalem Bible]] (1966), footnote c at Judith 1:1</ref> If he is contemporary with [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] (named as king of the Assyrians in Judith), he might be identified with [[Cyaxares]] (r. 625β585 BC).<ref name="Waltz">{{cite book|last=Waltz|first=Robert B.|title=The Bible in History|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3tWMmH9LRcYC&pg=PA320|access-date=19 June 2014|pages=319β20|chapter=Phraortes}}</ref>
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