Genesis 10:10
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10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.(A)
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Genesis 11:9
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9 Therefore it was called Babel,[a] because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth, and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.(A)
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- 11.9 In Heb Babel is a play on the verb meaning to confuse
Genesis 11:2
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2 And as they migrated from the east,[a] they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.(A)
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- 11.2 Or migrated eastward
Genesis 14:1
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Lot’s Captivity and Rescue
14 In the days of King Amraphel of Shinar, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim,(A)
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Zechariah 5:11
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11 He said to me, “To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it, and when this is prepared, they will set it down there on its base.”(A)
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Micah 5:6
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6 They shall rule the land of Assyria with the sword
and the land of Nimrod with the drawn sword;[a]
they[b] shall rescue us from the Assyrians
if they come into our land
or tread within our border.(A)
Micah 4:10
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10 Writhe and groan,[a] O daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you shall go forth from the city
and camp in the open country;
you shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
there the Lord will redeem you
from the hands of your enemies.(A)
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- 4.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Amos 6:2
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2 Cross over to Calneh and see;
from there go to Hamath the great;
then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are you better[a] than these kingdoms?
Or is your[b] territory greater than their[c] territory,(A)
Daniel 1:2
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2 The Lord gave King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power, as well as some of the vessels of the house of God. These he brought to the land of Shinar,[a] and he placed the vessels in the treasury of his gods.(A)
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- 1.2 Gk: Heb adds to the house of his own gods
Jeremiah 50:21
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21 Go up to the land of Merathaim;[a]
go up against her,
and attack the inhabitants of Pekod[b]
and utterly destroy the last of them,[c]
says the Lord;
do all that I have commanded you.(A)
Isaiah 39:1
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Envoys from Babylon Welcomed
39 At that time King Merodach-baladan son of Baladan of Babylon sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.(A)
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Isaiah 11:11
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11 On that day the Lord will again raise[a] his hand to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.(A)
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- 11.11 Cn Compare Gk: Heb the Lord will again a second time
Isaiah 10:9
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9 Is not Calno like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria like Damascus?(A)
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