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Ellasar is a region in the Bible, its middle about 864 km (537 miles) north-east of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 2 verses, from Genesis 14:1 to Genesis 14:9.
The oak or heap of Assyria, a territory in Asia of which Arioch was king (Gen. 14:1, 9). It is supposed that the old Chaldean town of Larsa was the metropolis of this kingdom, situated nearly half-way between Ur (now Mugheir) and Erech, on the left bank of the Euphrates. This town is represented by the mounds of Senkereh, a little to the east of Erech.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Ellasar is a region its middle about 864 km (537 miles) north-east of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names Ellasar in 2 verses, in 1 book, from Genesis 14:1 to Genesis 14:9.
The verses that name Ellasar also name Amraphel, Arioch, Chedorlaomer and Tidal.