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While the above testimony proves that Elam dominated Babylonia, we have yet to
discover proof that Elam conquered Canaan. This too has been proved.
George smith found an inscription on a brick from Ur of the Chaldees, and this simple
piece of hardened clay, says Urquhart, has stopped the mouths of the critics. It speaks of
a king called Kudur-Mabug, and he is entitled the Father of the land of the Amorites or
Palestine. He is also called Lord of Syria and of Elam. Yet the critics had boastfully said
that Gen. 14: had "not so much as one traditional event as its foundation"!
Now Kudur means "servant" in Elamitic and is reproduced in Chedor-laomer. A
tablet has been discovered which speaks of Kudur-Lakhgumal, king of Ela(m). This
name approaches very closely to the Hebrew of Chedorlaomer, and this Elamite king's
name would mean "Servant of Lagamer", an Elamite god.
The next discovery was of supreme importance. Theophilus Pinches found a very
mutilated tablet and was attracted by one name that stood out, which read "Tudkhula, son
of Gazz". This would be Assyrian spelling of Tidal, the king mentioned in Gen. 14: 1.
Continuing his investigation he was delighted to find on this same tablet the names
Eri-(E)aku which is equivalent to Arioch, and Kudur-lakmal, which looked like a variant
of Chedorlaomer.
From other sources we learn that Eri-aku was associated with his father, and he
received as his capital the city of Larsa, which has been identified with the Ellasar of
Gen. 14: 1. The "El" in the Hebrew name may be the Accadian al meaning city
(Sayce). Amraphel, has been identified with Khammurabi, whose code of law stands in
the British Museum, together with the copper head of his royal sceptre. Amraphel or
Khammurabi stands for Ammirrabi-ilu "Khammurabi the god" (Dr. Lindl).
With regard to variants of spelling, Urquhart says:
"It is as if it were contended that a piece of an old newspaper mentioning Wellington
or Wellingtone, Bluchere and Napo**n, Emperor of the French did not refer to
Wellington, Blucher and Napoleon I, at all."
Shinar (Gen. 14: 1) has been identified with Sumer of the cuneiform inscriptions.
Dr. Scheil discovered in the Museum at Constantinople, letters written by
Khammurabi (Amraphel) to his vassal of Larsa. In these letters mention is made of
Kudur-Laghghamar the king of Elam.
Professor Sayce found the name of the Canaanite king "Shinab, king of Admah" on a
cuneiform inscription.
Tiglath Pileser III speaks of Sanibu king of Ammon, and this is the same word in
Assyrian, as Shinab is in Hebrew, and the name was thus perpetuated on the eastern side
of Jordan. Light also has been shed on the title "King of nations". One of the tablets