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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49067" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49067" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Amraphel]] </strong> . The king of [[Shinar]] ( [[Genesis]] 14:1 ). He has been identified (by Schrader and usually) with Hammurabi, king of Babylonia, but apart from the difficulties due to differences of spelling, there is no evidence that [[Hammurabi]] was ever allied with a king of [[Elam]] and a king of Larsa to invade the West. Boscawen suggests Amar-Pal, the ideographic writing of Sinmuhallit, the father of Hammurabi, for whom such an alliance is more likely. See Chedorlaomer. </p> <p> | <p> <strong> [[Amraphel]] </strong> . The king of [[Shinar]] ( [[Genesis]] 14:1 ). He has been identified (by Schrader and usually) with Hammurabi, king of Babylonia, but apart from the difficulties due to differences of spelling, there is no evidence that [[Hammurabi]] was ever allied with a king of [[Elam]] and a king of Larsa to invade the West. Boscawen suggests Amar-Pal, the ideographic writing of Sinmuhallit, the father of Hammurabi, for whom such an alliance is more likely. See Chedorlaomer. </p> <p> C. H. W. Johns. </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69612" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69612" /> == | ||
