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Erech
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ERECH . Named second in the list of Nimrod’s cities ( Genesis 10:10 ). the very ancient Babylonian city of Arku, or Uruk, regarded as exceptionally sacred and beautiful. Its ruins at Warka lie half-way between Hillah and Korna, on the left bank of the Euphrates, and W. of the Nile Canal. The people of Erech are called Archevites in Ezra 4:9 .
C. H. W. Johns.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Erech'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/e/erech.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Erech'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/e/erech.html. 1909.
