📍Ararat

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Ararat is a highland region in Armenia.

After the waters receded during Noah's flood, the ark rested on its mountains.

Gen 8:4And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Sennacherib's sons fled here after assassinating their father.

2 Kgs 19:37And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
Isa 37:38And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

Jeremiah (the prophet) also spoke of Ararat as the place where Babylon would be judged.

Jer 51:27Set up a standard on the earth; blow the trumpet among the nations; prepare the nations for war against her; summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a commander against her; bring up horses like bristling locusts.

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