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The Fundamentals. l a ao r m eb e e r ll a io n n d w th a e s k i i n n s g t s ig t a h t a e t d w a e n r d e w in ith th h e im fo a ll p o p w e i a n r g ed ye o a n r th C e h s e c d e o n r e and, after ca pturing numerous surrounding cities, joined battle with the rebellious allies in the vale of Siddim, which was full of slime pits. The victory of Chedorlaomer was complete, and a w f a te r r d c b a y pt w u a ri y ng of L D ot a a m n a d sc h u i s s , g n o e o a d r s w in hi S ch od p o l m ace he A s b t r a a r h te a d m h o o v m e e r took him, and by a successful stratagem s ca ttered his forces by night and recovered Lot and his goods. This story, told with so many details that its refutation would be easy if it were not true to the facts and if there were contemporary records with which to compare it, has been a special butt for the ridicule of d th e e ke H c i o g n h fi er de C n r tl i y tic d s e o cl f ar t i h n e g Was el l l a h t a e us a e s n 1 s 8 c 6 h 9 oo t l h , a P t r c o r f i e ti s c s i o s r m N h o a l d forever disproved its claim to be historical. But here again the inscriptions on the monuments of Babylonia have come to the rescue of the sacred historian, if, indeed, he were in need of rescue. (For where general i gn found as it was respecting that period fo o r r t a y nc y e ea w rs as ag s o o , p tr r u o e modesty should have suggested caution in the expression of positive opinions in contradiction to such a detailed historical statement as this is.) From the inscriptions already discovered and aleciphered i s n on t a h b e le V d al o l u ey bt of th t a h t e t E he up f h o ra u t r es k , i i n t g i s s m no e w nti s o h n o e w d n in be t y h o e nd B r i e b a le a lo s g j i oining in this expedition are not, as was freely said, "etymo ca l inventions," but real historical persons. Amraphel is identified as the Hammurabi whose marvelous code of laws was so recently discovered by De Morgan at Susa. The "H" in the latter word simply expresses the rough breathing so well known in Hebrew. The "p" in the biblical name has taken the place of "b" by a well-recognized law of phonetic change. "Amrap" is equivalent to "Hamrab." The addition v of ine "i n l" am in e, th li e ke bi " b e l l i " ca i l n n I a s m ra e el i . s probably the suffix of the di
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