Amraphel

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Amraphel
     king of Shinar, southern Chaldea, one of the confederates of
     Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, in a war against Sodom and cities of
     the plain (Gen. 14:1, 4). It is now found that Amraphel (or
     Ammirapaltu) is the Khammu-rabi whose name appears on
     recently-discovered monuments. (See {CHEDORLAOMER}).


     After defeating Arioch (q.v.) he united Babylonia under one
     rule, and made Babylon his capital.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Amraphel, one that speaks of secrets