Arioch originally appears in the Book of Genesis chap. 14 as the "King of Ellasar", part of the confederation of kings who did battle with the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and with Abraham in the vale of Siddim. Earlier in the 20th century, it was common to identify him with "Eriaku" - an alternative reading of either Rim-Sin or his brother Warad-Sin, who were Elamite rulers over Larsa contemporary with Hammurabi, although this identification has come under attack from scholars in more recent years. Genesis (Greek: Γένεσις, having the meanings of birth, creation, cause, beginning, source and origin) is the first book of the Torah (five books of Moses) and hence the first book of the Tanakh, part of the Hebrew Bible; it is also the first book of the Christian Old Testament. ... For other uses of the name, see Sodom. ... Abraham (אַבְרָהָם Father/Leader of many, (circa 1700 BCE) Standard Hebrew Avraham, Tiberian Hebrew ; Arabic ابراهيم ; Geez አብርሃም ) is regarded as a patriarch of Israelite religion, recognized by Judaism and later Christianity, and a very important prophet in Islam as well as in the Bahai Faith. ... Larsa (the Biblical Ellasar, Genesis 14:1), was an important city of ancient Babylonia, the site of the worship of the sun-god, Shamash, represented by the ancient ruin mound of Senkereh (Senkera). ...

Arioch (Arius) was a grandson of Semiramis. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The same name later appears in the Book of Daniel as the person appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar to put all the wise men of Babylon to death. This article is about the Biblical book. ... Nebuchadnezzar (or Nebudchadrezzar) II (ca. ... Babylon is the Greek variant of Akkadian Babilu, Ü’Ü’Ü  in Assyrian, an ancient city in Mesopotamia (Location: , , modern Al Hillah, Iraq). ...

In Demonology, ARIOCH, a onetime angel who fell and joined Satan in his war with Heaven. In other custops Arioch became a dreadful demon of vengeance.

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Arioch was a name for a fictional demon, named as a character in John Milton's Paradise Lost and later used by Michael Moorcock in his Elric stories as the patron chaos lord of Elric and his ancestors. St. ... See John Milton (disambiguation) for other uses John Milton, English poet John Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet, best-known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. ... Michael John Moorcock (born December 18, 1939) is a prolific British writer of both science fiction and science fantasy. ... Stormbringer (Lancer, 1967) Elric of Melniboné is a fictional character created by Michael Moorcock. ...