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The Definition of the word Ellasar

Ellasar

The oak or heap of Assyria, a territory in Asia of which Arioch "was king (Gen. 14:1, 9). It is supposed that the old Chaldean" "town of Larsa was the metropolis of this kingdom, situated" "nearly half-way between Ur (now Mugheir) and Erech, on the left" bank of the Euphrates. This town is represented by the mounds of "Senkereh, a little to the east of Erech."


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