Arioch

Air´ee-ahk

1 The king of Ellasar who, in alliance with the kings of Shinar, Elam, and Goiim, raided the area around the Dead Sea, including Sodom and the Cities of the Plain, and took Lot prisoner. He and the other kings were defeated by Abram and his allies (Gen 14:1-16). 2 The captain of King Nebuchadnezzar’s guard who was instructed to kill all the wise men of Babylon because they could not interpret the king’s dream. He later brought Daniel before the king (Dan 2:14-15; Dan 2:24-25).