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Ararat

Ancient Urartu (eastern Anatolia) · Old Testament · 4 verses

Ararat names a mountainous region where, according to Genesis, Noah's ark came to rest after the flood. It corresponds to the highland area of ancient Urartu. The name appears in Genesis, 2 Kings, Isaiah and 1 more in the King James text.

About Ararat

Ararat names a mountainous region where, according to Genesis, Noah's ark came to rest after the flood. It corresponds to the highland area of ancient Urartu.

Its place in the story

The resting of the ark on the mountains of Ararat marks the end of the flood and the beginning of a renewed earth. It is there, after leaving the ark, that Noah worshiped and God set the covenant of the rainbow.

Ararat in Scripture (KJV)

“And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.”
Genesis 8:4 (KJV)
“And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.”
2 Kings 19:37 (KJV)
“And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.”
Isaiah 37:38 (KJV)
“Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.”
Jeremiah 51:27 (KJV)

Where it leads

The saving of Noah's family through the flood is one of the Bible's early pictures of God rescuing a people through judgment, a pattern that points forward to the salvation brought in Christ.

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Where is Ararat in the Bible?

Ararat names a mountainous region where, according to Genesis, Noah's ark came to rest after the flood. It corresponds to the highland area of ancient Urartu. The name appears in Genesis, 2 Kings, Isaiah and 1 more in the King James text.

What happened at Ararat?

The resting of the ark on the mountains of Ararat marks the end of the flood and the beginning of a renewed earth. It is there, after leaving the ark, that Noah worshiped and God set the covenant of the rainbow.

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