Armenia: High land, occurs only in Authorized Version,
(2 Kings 19:37) in Revised
Version, "Ararat," which is the Hebrew word. A country in western
Asia lying between the Caspian and the Black Sea. Here the ark of
Noah rested after the Deluge
(Genesis 8:4) It is for the most part high
table-land, and is watered by the Aras, the Kur, the Euphrates, and
the Tigris. Ararat was properly the name of a part of ancient
Armenia. Three provinces of Armenia are mentioned in
(Jeremiah 51:27)
Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz. Some, however, think Minni a
contraction for Armenia.
