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Chedorlaomer, the Glossary

Chedorlaomer, also spelled Kedorlaomer (Χοδολλογομόρ Khodollogomor), is a king of Elam mentioned in Genesis 14.^[1]

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Aššur-nādin-šumi

Aššur-nādin-šumi (𒁹𒀸𒋩𒈬𒈬|translit.

Abraham

Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Chedorlaomer and Abraham are book of Genesis people and Lech-Lecha.

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Admah

According to the Bible, Admah (Heb. אַדְמָה) was one of the five cities of the Vale of Siddim.

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Akkadian language

Akkadian (translit)John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods, "Akkadian and Eblaite", The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.

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Amalek

Amalek (עֲמָלֵק|ʿĂmālēq; ʿAmālīq) is described in the Hebrew Bible as the enemy nation of the Israelites.

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Amorites

The Amorites (author-link, Pl. XXVIII e+i|MAR.TU; Amurrūm or Tidnum Tidnum; ʾĔmōrī; Ἀμορραῖοι) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking Bronze Age people from the Levant.

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In the Hebrew Bible, Amraphel (translit; Amarphál; Amraphel) was a king of Shinar (Hebrew for Sumer) in Book of Genesis Chapter 14, who invaded Canaan along with other kings under the leadership of Chedorlaomer, king of Elam. Chedorlaomer and Amraphel are Lech-Lecha and Monarchs in the Torah.

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Arioch

Arioch appears in Genesis 14 as the name of the King of Ellassr (אֶלָּסָר) who participated in the Battle of Siddim. Chedorlaomer and Arioch are book of Genesis people, Lech-Lecha and Monarchs in the Torah.

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Ashteroth Karnaim

Ashteroth Karnaim (Astarte of the Two Horns), also rendered as Ashtaroth Karnaim, was a city in Bashan east of the Jordan River.

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Assyrian conquest of Elam

The conquest of Elam by the Neo-Assyrian Empire took place between 655 and 639 BC.

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Babylon

Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.

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Babylonian captivity

The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile was the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were forcibly relocated to Babylonia by the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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Book of Genesis

The Book of Genesis (from Greek; בְּרֵאשִׁית|Bərēʾšīṯ|In beginning; Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.

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Canaan

Canaan (Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 –; כְּנַעַן –, in pausa כְּנָעַן –; Χανααν –;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta: id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interpretes.

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Damascus

Damascus (Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam.

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Desert of Paran

The Desert of Paran or Wilderness of Paran (also sometimes spelled Pharan or Faran; מִדְבַּר פָּארָן, Midbar Pa'ran), is a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

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Diš

Diš is a cuneiform sign represented by 𒁹 or.

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Ein Gedi

Ein Gedi (ʿēn ged̲i), also spelled En Gedi, meaning "spring of the kid", is an oasis, an archeological site and a nature reserve in Israel, located west of the Dead Sea, near Masada and the Qumran Caves.

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Elam

Elam (Linear Elamite: hatamti; Cuneiform Elamite:; Sumerian:; Akkadian:; עֵילָם ʿēlām; 𐎢𐎺𐎩 hūja) was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a small part of southern Iraq.

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Elamite language

Elamite, also known as Hatamtite and formerly as Susian, is an extinct language that was spoken by the ancient Elamites.

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Emite

The Emites or Emim (אֵמִים ʾĒmīm) was the Moabite name for Repha'im.

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Enlil-nadin-ahi

Enlil-nādin-aḫe,Written contemporarily as dEN.LÍL-MU-ŠEŠ.

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Ghayn

The Arabic letter (غَيْنْ, or) is the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, one of the six letters not in the twenty-two akin to the Phoenician alphabet (the others being). It represents the sound or.

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Goy

In modern Hebrew and Yiddish, goy (goyim, or) is a term for a gentile, a non-Jew.

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Ham (son of Noah)

Ham (in), according to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis, was the second son of Noah and the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. Chedorlaomer and Ham (son of Noah) are book of Genesis people.

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Hammurabi

Hammurabi (𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉|translit.

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Hittites

The Hittites were an Anatolian Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of Bronze Age West Asia.

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Hobah

Hobah (חובה) was a biblical place mentioned only in Genesis 14:15.

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Horites

The Horites (חֹרִים Ḥōrīm), were a people mentioned in the Torah inhabiting areas around Mount Seir in Canaan.

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Jordan River

The Jordan River or River Jordan (نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-ʾUrdunn; נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nəhar hayYardēn), also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat (نهر الشريعة.), is a river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the freshwater Sea of Galilee and on to the salt water Dead Sea.

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Kadesh (biblical)

Kadesh or Qadesh or Cades (in classical Hebrew קָדֵשׁ, from the root "holy") is a place-name that occurs several times in the Hebrew Bible, describing a site or sites located south of, or at the southern border of, Canaan and the Kingdom of Judah in the kingdom of Israel.

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King James Version

on the title-page of the first edition and in the entries in works like the "Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church", etc.--> The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version (AV), is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I.

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Lagamal

Lagamal or Lagamar (Akkadian: "no mercy") was a Mesopotamian deity associated chiefly with Dilbat (modern Tell al-Deylam).

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List of minor biblical places

This is a list of places mentioned in the Bible, which do not have their own Wikipedia articles.

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Lot (biblical person)

Lot (לוֹט Lōṭ, lit. "veil" or "covering"; Λώτ Lṓt; لُوط Lūṭ; Syriac: ܠܘܛ Lōṭ) was a man mentioned in the biblical Book of Genesis, chapters 11–14 and 19. Chedorlaomer and Lot (biblical person) are book of Genesis people and Lech-Lecha.

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Mount Seir

Mount Seir (Har Sēʿir) is the ancient and biblical name for a mountainous region stretching between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba in the northwestern region of Edom and southeast of the Kingdom of Judah.

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Neo-Assyrian Empire

The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the fourth and penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history.

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Rephaite

In the Hebrew Bible, as well as non-Jewish ancient texts from the region, the Northwest Semitic term Rephaite or Repha'im (cf. the plural word in rəfāʾīm; rpʾum, rpʾm) refers either to a people of greater-than-average height and stature in Deuteronomy 2:10-11, or departed spirits in the afterlife, Sheol as written in the following scriptures: Isaiah 26:14; Psalms 88:10, and Proverbs 9:18, as well as Isaiah 14:9.

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Shinar

Shinar (Šīnʿār; Sennaár) is the name for the southern region of Mesopotamia used by the Hebrew Bible.

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Sodom and Gomorrah

In the Abrahamic religions, Sodom and Gomorrah were two cities destroyed by God for their wickedness. Chedorlaomer and Sodom and Gomorrah are Lech-Lecha.

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Stephanie Dalley

Stephanie Mary Dalley FSA (née Page; March 1943) is a British Assyriologist and scholar of the Ancient Near East.

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Sumer

Sumer is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.

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The Jewish Encyclopedia

The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day is an English-language encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on the history, culture, and state of Judaism up to the early 20th century.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chedorlaomer

Also known as Kedorlaomer, King Chedorlaomer, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, King Kedorlaomer.

, 7th century BC.

Chedorlaomer, the Glossary

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See also

Elamite kings

Lech-Lecha

Monarchs in the Torah

References