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Amorite
AMORITE (ăm'ō-rīt, Heb. ’ĕmōrî, mountain dwellers). Although this word in the Hebrew is always in the singular, it is used collectively of that tribe of people who, according to
They were a prominent people in pre-Israelite days, for it is believed that at one time their kingdom occupied the larger part of Mesopotamia and Syria, with their capital at Haran. The Mari tablets throw a flood of light on them, and it is now thought that Amraphel of Shinar (