Category:Ellasar

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Ellasar - The oak or heap of Assyria, a territory in Asia of which ]]:Category:Arioch|Arioch]] was king (Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:9). It is supposed that the old Chaldean town of Larsa was the metropolis of this kingdom, situated nearly half-way between Ur (now Mugheir) and Erech, on the left bank of the Euphrates. This town is represented by the mounds of Senkereh, a little to the east of Erech.