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ELLASAR

(Heb. ʾellāsār)

The city or kingdom ruled by Arioch, a confederate of the Elamite king Chedorlaomer who attacked Sodom, captured Lot, and thereby involved Abraham in the conflict (Gen. 14:1, 9). Ellasar has not been convincingly identified or located, but five major possibilities have been suggested: (1) Larsa, the southern Mesopotamian capital Larsa that was conquered by Hammurabi king of Babylon; (2) Telassar in northern Mesopotamia (2 Kgs. 19:12 = Isa. 37:12; (3) Assur/Assyria, on the basis of phonetics or pronunciation; (4) Ilânsura, mentioned in the Mari texts and located between Carchemish and Harran; and (5) Alişar Hüyük, a Cappadocian city located ca. 80 km. (50 mi.) SE of the Hittite capital ³attuša.

Sheila Marie Dugger Griffith






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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