Elamarna

... TELL EL-AMARNA; TABLETS. ... The Tell el-Amarna Letters furnish an amount of historical material about equal in bulk to one-half of the Pentateuch. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elamarna.htm - 31k

El-amarna

El-amarna. << Elamarna, El-amarna. Elamites >>. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia TELL EL-AMARNA; TABLETS. ... MG Kyle. << Elamarna, El-amarna. Elamites >>. Reference ... biblethesaurus.org/e/el-amarna.htm - 31k

Arvad (2 Occurrences)

... The inhabitants were called Arvadites. The name is written Aruada or Arada in the Tell-el-Amarna tablets. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ARVAD; ARVADITES. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arvad.htm - 11k

Tablets (31 Occurrences)

... TELL EL-AMARNA; TABLETS. ... The Tell el-Amarna Letters furnish an amount of historical material about equal in bulk to one-half of the Pentateuch. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tablets.htm - 41k

Tell (3056 Occurrences)

... TELL EL-AMARNA; TABLETS. ... The Tell el-Amarna Letters furnish an amount of historical material about equal in bulk to one-half of the Pentateuch. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tell.htm - 33k

Melchisedec (10 Occurrences)

... having neither beginning of days nor end of life"; he "abideth a priest continually." The answer is perhaps to be had among the Tell el-Amarna Letters, among ... biblethesaurus.org/m/melchisedec.htm - 17k

Melchizedek (12 Occurrences)

... having neither beginning of days nor end of life"; he "abideth a priest continually." The answer is perhaps to be had among the Tell el-Amarna Letters, among ... biblethesaurus.org/m/melchizedek.htm - 19k

Canaan (102 Occurrences)

... 4. History (1) Stone Age (2) Bronze Age (3) A Babylonian Province (4) Jerusalem Founded (5) The Hyksos (6) Egyptian Conquest (7) Tell el-Amarna Tablets 5. The ... biblethesaurus.org/c/canaan.htm - 64k

Canaanites (63 Occurrences)

... land. In the Tell-el-Amarna tablets Canaan is found under the forms of Kinakhna and Kinakhkhi. Under ... (7) Tell el-Amarna Tablets. In the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/canaanites.htm - 55k

Jebus (5 Occurrences)

... that this was the first name of Jerusalem, as indeed might be suggested by the Biblical references, but it is now known from the Tell el-Amarna Letters that ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jebus.htm - 13k

Lampstand (38 Occurrences)

... Niches for lamps are found in the tombs of Tell el-Amarna (Archaeological Survey of Egypt, Tell el-Amarna Letters, Part IV, 14). ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lampstand.htm - 24k

Lamp (45 Occurrences)

... Niches for lamps are found in the tombs of Tell el-Amarna (Archaeological Survey of Egypt, Tell el-Amarna Letters, Part IV, 14). ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lamp.htm - 28k

Metals (1 Occurrence)

... abundant deposits of copper. This must have been the land of Nuhasse referred to in the Tell el-Amarna Letters. If Zechariah 6:1 ... biblethesaurus.org/m/metals.htm - 10k

Acco (2 Occurrences)

... the Crusades it was the most famous stronghold on the coast, and in very early times it was a place of importance and appears in the Tell el-Amarna Letters as ... biblethesaurus.org/a/acco.htm - 13k

Arvadites (1 Occurrence)

... It is also mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna Lettersas being in league with the Amorites in their attacks upon the Egyptian possessions in Syria (44 and 28, BM ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arvadites.htm - 10k

Salem (5 Occurrences)

... of Nablus, but Jewish and Christian tradition is more likely to be correct, supported, as it is, by Psalm 76:2. 2. Testimony of Tell el-Amarna Tablets: The ... biblethesaurus.org/s/salem.htm - 10k

Sidon (35 Occurrences)

... The date of the founding of the city is unknown, but we find it mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna Letters in the 14th century BC, and in Genesis 10:19 it is the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sidon.htm - 25k

Amorites (82 Occurrences)

... to the time of the Israelite invasion of Palestine, and mention is made of it in the Egyptian records as well as in the cuneiform Tell el-Amarna Letters, and ... biblethesaurus.org/a/amorites.htm - 50k

Jerusalem (782 Occurrences)

... Jerusalem is first mentioned under that name in the Book of Joshua, and the Tell-el-Amarna collection of tablets includes six letters from its Amorite king ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jerusalem.htm - 89k

Damascus (58 Occurrences)

... time passed under Aramaic influence. In the Tell el-Amarna Letters the forms Ti-ma-as-gi and Di-mas-ka occur. The Arabic name is ... biblethesaurus.org/d/damascus.htm - 45k

Tyre (59 Occurrences)

... It is mentioned in the travels of the Egyptian Mohar, dating probably from the 14th century BC, and in the Tell el-Amarna Letters of about the same period. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tyre.htm - 45k

Hittites (39 Occurrences)

... Mongol Race 2. Hittire and Egyptian Monuments 3. Hair and Beard 4. Hittite Dress 5. Hittite Names 6. Vocabulary of Pterium Epistles 7. Tell el-Amarna Tablet IV ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hittites.htm - 55k

Syria (73 Occurrences)

... made itself felt in imposing place-names, but it made Assyrian the language of diplomacy, even between Syria and Egypt, as we see in the Tell el-Amarna Letters ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syria.htm - 60k

Libraries

... and by implication of archives throughout the whole region of Syria and Palestine at the time when the "Hebrew" invasion began (Winckler, Tell el-Amarna Tablets ... biblethesaurus.org/l/libraries.htm - 38k

Zela (2 Occurrences)

... side"). The place is not identified. It may be the Zilu of the Tell el-Amarna Letters. Multi-Version Concordance Zela (2 Occurrences). ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zela.htm - 7k

Zelah (2 Occurrences)

... side"). The place is not identified. It may be the Zilu of the Tell el-Amarna Letters. Multi-Version Concordance Zelah (2 Occurrences). ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zelah.htm - 8k

Zorah (10 Occurrences)

... It is probable that it is mentioned under the name Tsarkha along with Aialuna (Aijalon; 2 Chronicles 11:10) in the Tell el-Amarna Letters(No. ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zorah.htm - 11k

Zemarite (2 Occurrences)

... hint as to locality. A place called Cumur is mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna Letters along with Arvad. The name probably survives ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zemarite.htm - 8k

Zabud (1 Occurrence)

... The expression "king's friend" (compare 2 Samuel 15:37; 2 Samuel 16:16) is, says Kittel, an old Canaanite title, found also in the Tell el-Amarna Letters. ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zabud.htm - 8k

Keilah (16 Occurrences)

... The reputed strength of Keilah is confirmed by its mention in 5 tablets in the Tell el-Amarna Letters under the name of Kilts (qilti, Petrie) with Gedor, Gath ... biblethesaurus.org/k/keilah.htm - 15k

Kiriathsannah

... error for cepher, but Sayce considers this an ancient Canaanite name meaning "city of instruction," and that it occurs in the Tell el-Amarna Letters in the ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kiriathsannah.htm - 7k

Kiriath-sannah (1 Occurrence)

... error for cepher, but Sayce considers this an ancient Canaanite name meaning "city of instruction," and that it occurs in the Tell el-Amarna Letters in the ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kiriath-sannah.htm - 7k

Joppa (14 Occurrences)

... 1. Ancient Notices: "The gate of Joppa" is mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna Letters (214, 32 f; compare 178, 20), as guarded by an Egyptian officer for ... biblethesaurus.org/j/joppa.htm - 17k

Jebusi (2 Occurrences)

... In the Tell el-Amarna Letters (1400 BC) Jerusalem is still known as Uru-Salim, and its king bears a Hittite name, implying that it was at the time in the ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jebusi.htm - 11k

Javan (12 Occurrences)

... In Egyptian the word is said to be yevan-(n)a; in the Tell el-Amarna Letters Yivana is mentioned as being in the land of Tyre. See HDB, II, 552b. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/javan.htm - 12k

Jebusite (39 Occurrences)

... In the Tell el-Amarna Letters (1400 BC) Jerusalem is still known as Uru-Salim, and its king bears a Hittite name, implying that it was at the time in the ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jebusite.htm - 25k

Lachish (22 Occurrences)

... historical notices of Lachish, and especially upon the discovery of a cuneiform tablet in the ruins of the same character as the Tell el-Amarna Letters, and ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lachish.htm - 22k

Gezer (14 Occurrences)

... From this time it was probably under Egyptian governors (the Egyptian remains at all periods are considerable), but from the Tell el-Amarna Letters, a century ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gezer.htm - 27k

Gebal (3 Occurrences)

... The earliest mention of Gebal found in history is in the Tell el-Amarna Letters, which were composed in the first half of the 14th century BC It had become, in ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gebal.htm - 11k

Weights (14 Occurrences)

... The evidence of this has been most clearly shown by the discovery of the Tell el-Amarna Letters, which reveal the fact that the official correspondence between ... biblethesaurus.org/w/weights.htm - 21k

Tibhath (1 Occurrence)

... It may be the same as the Tubihi of the Tell el-Amarna Letters; the Dibhu of the Karnak lists; and the Tubihi mentioned with Kadesh on the Orontes in the ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tibhath.htm - 7k

Targum

... The word turgamanu is found, eg, in the Tell el-Amarna Letters (Berlin edition, 21, 1. 25, Knudtzon, 154), with the meaning "interpreter." It may, none the less ... biblethesaurus.org/t/targum.htm - 38k

Rehoboth (4 Occurrences)

... It is probably the Rubuta of the Tell el-Amarna Letters (Petrie, numbers 256, 260; see also The Expository Times, XI, 239 (Konig), 377 (Sayce)), and it is ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rehoboth.htm - 10k

Exploration

... So circa 1400 BC, the Tell el-Amarna Letters (discovered in 1887) mention by name many Biblical cities, and give much direct information concerning the ... biblethesaurus.org/e/exploration.htm - 38k

Elishah (3 Occurrences)

... gives "the province of Italy." Other suggestions include Hellas, Ells, and Alsa; the last named is a kingdom mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna Letters, but its ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elishah.htm - 8k

Measures (50 Occurrences)

... The evidence of this has been most clearly shown by the discovery of the Tell el-Amarna Letters, which reveal the fact that the official correspondence between ... biblethesaurus.org/m/measures.htm - 35k

Migdal-gad (1 Occurrence)

... ii, 3, as close to Ashkelon, and it or Migdalgad (or both if they are the same sites) may be identical with the Magtal of the Tell el-Amarna Letters (Petrie ... biblethesaurus.org/m/migdal-gad.htm - 8k

Migdalgad (1 Occurrence)

... ii, 3, as close to Ashkelon, and it or Migdalgad (or both if they are the same sites) may be identical with the Magtal of the Tell el-Amarna Letters (Petrie ... biblethesaurus.org/m/migdalgad.htm - 8k

Beeshterah (1 Occurrence)

... name Ashtaroth has been identified with Astertu in the lists of Tahutmes III of the XVIIIth Egyptian Dynasty; and with Ashtarti of the Tell el-Amarna Letters. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/beeshterah.htm - 12k

Berytus

... The town is, however, an ancient one, for it occurs in Tell el-Amarna Letters as Beruti where it is closely connected with Gebal of which it may have been a ... biblethesaurus.org/b/berytus.htm - 8k

Chushanrishathaim (2 Occurrences)

... the king of Mesopotamia who oppressed Israel in the generation immediately following Joshua (Judges 3:8). We learn from the Tell-el-Amarna tablets that ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chushanrishathaim.htm - 8k

Cyprus (12 Occurrences)

... Epiphanius (Haer., xxx.25). In the tablets from Tell el-Amarna it is referred to as Alashia (E. Meyer, Gesch. des Alterthums, 12 ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cyprus.htm - 27k

Chushan-rishathaim (2 Occurrences)

... the king of Mesopotamia who oppressed Israel in the generation immediately following Joshua (Judges 3:8). We learn from the Tell-el-Amarna tablets that ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chushan-rishathaim.htm - 8k

Copper (55 Occurrences)

... The Sinai peninsula and the mountains of northern Syria also contributed to the ancient world's supply (see Tell el-Amarna Letters). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/copper.htm - 27k

Ashterothkarnaim

... name Ashtaroth has been identified with Astertu in the lists of Tahutmes III of the XVIIIth Egyptian Dynasty; and with Ashtarti of the Tell el-Amarna Letters. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ashterothkarnaim.htm - 11k

Ashteroth-karnaim (1 Occurrence)

... name Ashtaroth has been identified with Astertu in the lists of Tahutmes III of the XVIIIth Egyptian Dynasty; and with Ashtarti of the Tell el-Amarna Letters. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ashteroth-karnaim.htm - 12k

Ashkelon (12 Occurrences)

... desolation of Ashkelon and Zechariah announces the fear of Ashkelon on the destruction of Tyre (9:5). The city is mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna Letters, and ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ashkelon.htm - 13k

Ammonites (97 Occurrences)

... We know from the records of Egypt, especially Tell el-Amarna Letters, the approximate date of the Amorite invasion (14th and 13th centuries, BC). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ammonites.htm - 43k

Aijalon (10 Occurrences)

... 18). It has been identified with the modern Yalo; its antiquity goes back to Tell el-Amarna Letters, in which it has mention. It ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aijalon.htm - 11k

Asherah (40 Occurrences)

... was dedicated on behalf of Khammu-rabi (Amraphel) "king of the Amorites," and the Amorite king of whom we hear so much in Tell el-Amarna Letters bears the name ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asherah.htm - 24k

Ashtaroth (13 Occurrences)

... name Ashtaroth has been identified with Astertu in the lists of Tahutmes III of the XVIIIth Egyptian Dynasty; and with Ashtarti of the Tell el-Amarna Letters. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ashtaroth.htm - 17k

Asher (43 Occurrences)

... It is suggested that the name may have been taken from that of the Canaanite clan found in the Tell el-Amarna Letters, Mari abd-Ashirti, "sons of the servant ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asher.htm - 26k

Ammon (100 Occurrences)

... We know from the records of Egypt, especially Tell el-Amarna Letters, the approximate date of the Amorite invasion (14th and 13th centuries, BC). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ammon.htm - 47k

Anakim (10 Occurrences)

... Tell el-Amarna Letters show that the Canaanite princes were accustomed to surround themselves with bodyguards of foreign mercenaries. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/anakim.htm - 13k

Shebna (9 Occurrences)

... It occurs also as a Canaanite gloss in the Tell el-Amarna Letters (Winckler, number 237, 9). The cokhen was evidently a high officer: Shebna had splendid ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shebna.htm - 20k

Sepharvaim (6 Occurrences)

... (see SARGON.) The recent discovery of cuneiform inscriptions at Tel el-Amarna in Egypt, consisting of official despatches to Pharaoh Amenophis IV. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sepharvaim.htm - 12k

Edomites (22 Occurrences)

... The name however is probably much older. It may be traced in the records of the Twelfth Dynasty in Egypt. In the Tell el-Amarna Letters (Brit Mus No. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/edomites.htm - 23k

Hebrewess (2 Occurrences)

... compare Joshua 24:2). A connection is sought by some with the apri or epri of the Egyptian monuments, and again with the Habiri of the Tell el-Amarna Letters. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hebrewess.htm - 9k

Anointing (39 Occurrences)

... in Canaan at a very early day. Tell el-Amarna Letters 37 records the anointing of a king. (4) Among the Hebrews it was believed ... biblethesaurus.org/a/anointing.htm - 28k

Moabites (26 Occurrences)

... The latter are not mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna Letters and do not appear on the Egyptian monuments before the 14th century BC, when they seem to be ... biblethesaurus.org/m/moabites.htm - 28k

Heberites (1 Occurrence)

... Supposed by some to be connected with the Chabiri of the Tell el-Amarna Letters. Multi-Version Concordance Heberites (1 Occurrence). ... biblethesaurus.org/h/heberites.htm - 7k

History (57 Occurrences)

... This term is identical with Chabiri, found in the Tell el-Amarna Letters, in which complaint is made about the inroads of such tribes. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/history.htm - 67k

Heres (7 Occurrences)

... Budde thinks Har-heres may be identified with the Bit-Ninib (Ninib being the fierce morning sun) of the Tell el-Amarna Letters; this place was in the district ... biblethesaurus.org/h/heres.htm - 10k

Edom (108 Occurrences)

... The name however is probably much older. It may be traced in the records of the Twelfth Dynasty in Egypt. In the Tell el-Amarna Letters (Brit Mus No. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/edom.htm - 53k

Israel (27466 Occurrences)

... This term is identical with Chabiri, found in the Tell el-Amarna Letters, in which complaint is made about the inroads of such tribes. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/israel.htm - 101k

Egypt (596 Occurrences)

... led to religious and civil war, and the Pharaoh retreated from Thebes to Central Egypt, where he built a new capital, on the site of the present Tell-el-Amarna... biblethesaurus.org/e/egypt.htm - 101k

Baal (94 Occurrences)

... The name is usually explained to mean "Baal of the multitude," but the cuneiform tablets of the Tell el-Amarna age found in Palestine show that the Egyptian ... biblethesaurus.org/b/baal.htm - 53k

Moab (162 Occurrences)

... The latter are not mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna Letters and do not appear on the Egyptian monuments before the 14th century BC, when they seem to be ... biblethesaurus.org/m/moab.htm - 62k