The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . in Asia Minor nor in. Northern India. The only other passages where Ararat occursare 2 Kings xix 137 (Is. x.\xvii:3<S) and Jer. li the former it is spoken of as the country Cimmerians (Gen. x :2, 3)—then wc arrive atthe same conclusion, viz., that Ararat was amountainous region north of Assyria, and in allprobability in Armenia. In Ezek. xxxviii :6 wefind Togarmah, another part
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . in Asia Minor nor in. Northern India. The only other passages where Ararat occursare 2 Kings xix 137 (Is. x.\xvii:3<S) and Jer. li the former it is spoken of as the country Cimmerians (Gen. x :2, 3)—then wc arrive atthe same conclusion, viz., that Ararat was amountainous region north of Assyria, and in allprobability in Armenia. In Ezek. xxxviii :6 wefind Togarmah, another part of Armenia, con-nected with Gomer, and in Ezek. xxvii:i4, withMeshech and Tubal, all tribes of the this agree the traditions of the Jewish andChristian churches, and likewise the accounts ofthe native Armenian writers, who inform us thatArarad was the name of one of the ancientprovinces of their country, supposed to corre-spond to the modern pashaliks of Kars and, Bayazeed, and part of Kurdistan. According tothe tradition preserved m Moses of Chorene, thename of Ararat was derived from Arai, theeighth of the native princes, who was killed in abattle with the Babylonians, about B. C. 1750;. Ararat. whither the sons of Sennacherib, king of Assyria,fled after they had murdered their father. Theapocryphal book of Tobit (i:2i) says it wasto the mountains of Ararath. This points to aterritory which did not form part of the im-mediate dominion of Assyria, and yet might notbe far off from it. The description is quite ap-plicable to Armenia, and the tradition of thatcountry bears that Sennacheribs sons werekindly received by king Paroyr, who allottedthem portions of land bordering on Assyria. (2) Kingdom of Ararat. The other Scrip-ture text (Jer. li ) mentions Ararat, alongwith Minni and Ashkenaz, as kingdoms sum-moned to arm themselves against Babylon. Inthe parallel place in Is. xiii :2-4, the invaders ofBabylonia are described as issuing from themountains; and if b
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