Armenia in Comments -- Author: (Treasury) R. A. Torrey (Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge) 1880
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Genesis
gen 8:0 Overview Gen 8:1, God remembers Noah, and assuages the waters; Gen 8:4, The ark rests on Ararat; Gen 8:6, Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove; Gen 8:13, Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark; Gen 8:20, He builds an altar, and offers sacrifice, which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more. Genesis 8:1
Genesis
tGen 8:4the ark: Gen 7:17-19 seventh month: That is, of the year, not of the deluge. Ararat: Ararat is generally understood to be Armenia, as it is rendered elsewhere, in which there is a great chain of mountains, like the Alps or the Pyrenees, upon the highest part of which, called by some, "The Finger Mountain," the ark is supposed to have rested. Kg2 19:37; Isa 37:38; Jer 51:27 Genesis 8:5
4 Kings (2 Kings)
t4Kings 19:37Nisroch: Kg2 19:10, Kg2 18:5, Kg2 18:30; Deu 32:31; Ch2 32:14, Ch2 32:19; Isa 37:37, Isa 37:38 his sons smote: Kg2 19:7; Ch2 32:21 the land: Armenia or Ararat is a province of Asia, comprising the modern Turcomania and part of Persia; having Georgia on the north, Curdistan, or the ancient Assyria on the south, and Asia Minor, now Natolia, on the west. Armenia: Heb. Ararat, Gen 8:4; Jer 51:27 Esarhaddon: Ezr 4:2 Next: 4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 20
Isaiah
tIs 37:38his god: Isa 37:10, Isa 14:9, Isa 14:12, Isa 36:15, Isa 36:18; Kg2 19:36, Kg2 19:37; Ch2 32:14, Ch2 32:19, Ch2 32:21 Armenia: Heb. Ararat, Gen 8:4; Jer 51:27 Esarhaddon: Esar-haddon, called Asar-addinus in the Canon of Ptolemy, was the third son of Sennacherib; and having reigned twenty-nine years over the Assyrians, he took advantage of the anarchy and confusion which followed the death of Mesessimordacus, and seized upon Babylon; which he added to his former empire, and reigned over both for thirteen years; when he was succeeded by his son Saosduchinus, am 3336, bc 668. Ezr 4:2 Next: Isaiah Chapter 38
Jeremiah
tJer 51:27ye up: Jer 51:12, Jer 6:1, Jer 50:2, Jer 50:41; Isa 13:2-5, Isa 18:3; Amo 3:6; Zac 14:2 prepare: Jer 25:14 Ararat: Bochart reasonably concludes Ararat and Minni to be the greater and lesser Armenia; and Ashchenaz he thinks formed part of Phrygia near the Hellespont, part of that country being called Ascania by Homer. Cyrus had conquered Armenia, defeated Croesus king of Lydia (bc 548), and subdued several nations from the Egean sea to the Euphrates, before he marched against Babylon; and Xenophon also informs us that there were not only Armenians, but both Phrygians and Cappadocians in the army of Cyrus. Gen 8:4 Ashchenaz: Gen 10:3, Ashkenaz, Ch1 1:6 cause: Jer 51:14, Jer 46:23, Jer 50:41, Jer 50:42; Jdg 6:5; Joe 2:2, Joe 2:3; Nah 3:15-17; Rev 9:7-11; After Cyrus had been the instrument in the hands of God of taking Babylon, he marched against Tomyris, queen of the Massagete, a Scythian nation, and was totally defeated (bc 530). The victorious queen, who had lost her son in a previous battle, was so incensed against Cyrus, that she cut off his head, and threw it into a vessel filled with human blood, exclaiming, "Sattia te sanguine, quem sitisti. Jeremiah 51:28