The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . Scripture, thekingdom was established, no trace lias been foundin the Babylonian records. The most importantkings after Naram-Sim were Ur-Bagas, who builtmany temples, and Dungi. The next line of kingscame from they were followed by sev-eral viceroys. Later Simti-Silhah, an Elamite from Larsa, was ruler, and was succeeded by hisson Kudur-Mabug, and his grandson Rim-Agu. (4) Ha
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . Scripture, thekingdom was established, no trace lias been foundin the Babylonian records. The most importantkings after Naram-Sim were Ur-Bagas, who builtmany temples, and Dungi. The next line of kingscame from they were followed by sev-eral viceroys. Later Simti-Silhah, an Elamite from Larsa, was ruler, and was succeeded by hisson Kudur-Mabug, and his grandson Rim-Agu. (4) Hammurabi. These last two were de-feated in about 2100 B. C. by Hammurabi, whowas possibly a Kassite, and he became master ofBabylon. Under him the kingdom prospered inall departments. It must have been at this periodthat Abraham made his departure from Ur of theChaldees (see Abraham), Hammurabi was fol-lowed by a long list of kings who have left no de-tails of their reigns. A tablet has been foundcontaining the names of about a hundred kings,but it is difficult to arrange their chronologicalorder. Those ruling after the commonly accepteddate of the flood are given, and the names are allSemitic in Stone Object Containing an Inscription of NebuchadnezzaiI, Recording a Grant of Privileges to Ritti-Marduk, King otBit-Karziyabku. (5) A Kassite Dynasty. About 1700 B. C. aKassite dynasty was established at Babylon. In1450 B. C. a king called Kara-Indas made a treatywith the Assyrian king regarding the boundariesof their empires, as did also the next king, Burna- BABYLON 207 BABYLON Burgas. This ruler was called king of Gan-dunigas, which some have identified with the Gar-den of Eden. About 1330 B. C. the Assyrian em-pire began to assert itself and a little later con-quered Babylon, under Tukulti Ninipi. The nextBabylonian king was apparently Belzakir-iskun,in whose reign the Elamites made several fierceattacks upon Babylonia. (6) Nebuchadnezzar I. It was at this timethat Nebuch
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