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306 to obtain the special permission. It was the place the Sumerians called BAD.GAL.DINGIR and Sargon of Akkad Dur-Mah-Ilani, clearly listing it in his inscriptions as a place in Tilmun (the Sinai peninsula). It was the place, we suggest, which the Bible called Kadesh- Barnea; and there Abraham stood with his elite troops, blocking the invaders’ advance to the Spaceport proper. The hints in the Old Testament become a detailed tale in the Khedorlaomer Texts, which make clear that the war was intended to prevent the return of Marduk and thwart the efforts of Nabu to gain access to the Spaceport. These texts not only name the very same kings who are mentioned in the Bible but even repeat the bib- lical detail of the switch of allegiance "'in the thirteenth year"! As we return to the Khedorlaomer Texts to obtain the details for the biblical frame, we should bear in mind that they were written by a Babylonian historian who favored Marduk's desire to make Babylon "the heavenward navel in the four regions." It was to thwart this that the gods opposing Marduk ordered Khedorla'omer to seize and defile Babylon: The gods... to Kudur-Laghamar, king of the land Elam, they decreed: "Descend there!" That which to the city was bad he performed: In Babylon, the precious city of Marduk, sovereignty he seized; In Babylon, the city of the king of the gods. Marduk. kingship he overthrew; To herds of dogs its temple he made a den; Flying ravens, loud shrieking, their dung dropped there. The despoiling of Babylon was only the beginning. After the "pad deeds" were done there, Utu/Shamash sought action against Nabu, who (he said in accusation) had subverted the allegiance of a certain king to his father, Nannar/Sin. It happened, the Khedorla'- omer Text states, in the thirteenth year (just as Genesis 14 states): Before the gods the son of his father [came]; On that day Shamash, the Bright One. against the lord of lords, Marduk [he said]: "The faithfulness of his heart [the king] betrayed— in the time of the thirteenth year THE WARS OF GODS AND MEN