Amraphel in Easton's Bible Dictionary
king of Shinar, southern Chaldea, one of the confederates of
Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, in a war against Sodom and
cities of
the plain (Gen. 14:1, 4). It is now found that
Amraphel (or
Ammirapaltu) is the Khammu-rabi whose name appears on
recently-discovered monuments. (See CHEDORLAOMER
-T0000781).
After defeating Arioch (q.v.) he united Babylonia
under one
rule, and made Babylon his capital.
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