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| | Armenia - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia |
 | | in Assyrian, UrTu, UrarTu, UrasTu: in AEgyp, Ermenen (= "Region of the Minni") Wiener, Origin of the Pentateuch, Armina, Armaniyqa (Armenia): in Hecataeus of Miletus, circa 520 BC, the people are Armenioi (Genesis 8:4; 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38; Jeremiah 51:27). |
 | | The country is first mentioned in Genesis 8:4 as the land upon (some one of) the mountains of which Noah's Ark rested. |
 | | The Assyrian king Uras-Pal-acur (circa 1190-1170 BC) made a raid into Armenia, and mentions the central district (UrarTu proper, near Lake Van), the land of the Manna (Minni, Jeremiah 51:27), Nahri ("the Rivers"), Ashguza (Ashkenaz, ib), etc. Another invader was Tiglath-pileser I (circa 1110-1090 BC). |
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