His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Cross References Genesis 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD." Genesis 11:2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. Genesis 11:9 That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth. Genesis 14:1 In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim Isaiah 10:9 "Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? Jeremiah 21:2 "Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us." Jeremiah 50:1 This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans: Daniel 1:2 And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god. Amos 6:2 Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours? Zechariah 5:11 "To build a house for it in the land of Shinar," he told me. "And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal." Treasury of Scripture And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. A. Jeremiah 50:21 Micah 5:6 Babel. Genesis 11:9 Isaiah 39:1 Micah 4:10 Calneh. Isaiah 10:9 Amos 6:2 Shinar. Genesis 11:2 Genesis 14:1 Isaiah 11:11 |