Monuments to the Truth of the Scriptures. 31 1 lon H at a t m he m t u im ra e bi o i f s A n b o r w ah k a n m o . wn U to nt h il a r v e e ce h n a t d ly h t i h s is ca c p h i r t o al n a ol t g B y a w b a y s disputed, so that the editors and contributors of the New S ha c m haff li - v H ed erz n o e g ar C ly yc 3 lo 00ped y i e a ar d s og la m te a r tic t a h l a ly n a H ss a e m rt m ed u t r h a a b t i, a t s he Ab b r i a b lical story must be unhistorical. Hardly had these statements been printed, however, when Dr. King of the British Museum discovered indisputable evidence that two of the dynasties which formerly had been reckoned as consecutive were, in f r a a c b t i , 's c t o i n m te e m d p o o w r n an e e x o a u c s t , ly th t u o s th m a a t k o in f g A i b t r e a a h s a y m t . o bring Hammu mar Ch (s e e d r o v r a l n ao t m of er L i a s g p a r m et a t r y , o ce n r e ta o i f nl t y he id p en ri t n ifi ci e p d al as E K lam ud it u e r- g L o a d g s a ) . Kudur-Lagamar was king of Elam, and was either the father o or ch t ) h , e re b i r g o n t e h d er ov o e f r KL u ar d s u a r- a Mnd ab U ug r, , a w n h d o o s t e he s r on c , iti E es ri- o A f k s u ou ( t A he r r i n Babylonia. He speaks of Kudur-Ivlabug "as the father of the land of the Amorites," i. e., of Palestine and Syria. Tidal, "king of nations," was supposed by Dr. Pinches to b la e om re e f r er a r n e d d A to rio o c n h a un l d at e e r t t a h b e le n t am in e c T o u n d n g ec h t u io la n , ww h it o h a C re he s d a o id r, together, to have "attacked and spoiled Babylon." tion H o o f w s e o v m er e m of uc th h es d e ou n b a t m t e h s e , r t e he m m ay ain be po a i b n o t u s t ar t e he es i t d a e b n l t i i s f h ic e a d , revealing a condition of things just such as is implied by the biblical narrative. Arioch styles himself king of Shumer a m n u d ra A b c i c ) a w d, a ' w s i h n ic h h is em ea b r r ly ac y e e d ar B s a s b u y b lo je n c , t w to he h r i e m A . m T ra h p is he f l ur ( n H is a h m es a reason for the association of Chedorlaomer and Amraphel in a campaign against the rebel1ious subjects in Palestine. Again, Kudur-Mabug, the father of Arioch, styles himself "Prince of the land of Amurru," i. e., of Palestine and Syria. Moreover, for a long period before, kings from Babylonia had claimed possession of the whole eastern shore of the Mediterranean, including the Sinaitic Peninsula.
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