Bible Dictionary: Assyria: Called: Shinar

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Genesis 11:2
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelled there.
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Genesis 14:1
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
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The History after the Flood.
... [612] And in the land of Shinar, among those ... him the above-named city Hierosolyma
was called Jerusalem. ... There were these kings of Assyria: Tiglath-Pileser, and ...
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Chapter x
... "Shinar" is Babylon, perhaps allied to Shumir (Sumerians ... the personal ancestor,
sometimes for the people, sometimes for the land, is Assyria, called Asshur by ...
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Moses and his Writings
... and kings mentioned in Genesis, before God called him to ... and Calneh, in the land
of Shinar.' (Genesis 10 ... all save the learned scribes of Babylonia and Assyria. ...
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From the Flood to Abraham
... he went out in the district of Assyria and built ... The old Babylonian kings were called
Priest Kings, and built ... The great mounds on the plain of Shinar, and the ...
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We Arrive Now at a Branch of Our Subject Upon which the Lord's ...
... day was situated in "the land of Shinar!" This serves ... Ur" of Chaldea (Gen.11:28)
that Abram was called; and it ... it is said, "And the king of Assyria brought men ...
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Chapter xiv
... earlier in 2088 BC Now the Shinar over which ... of the lower Euphrates, a place now
called Senkereh. ... the middle Tigris and south of Assyria, corresponding roughly ...
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Introduction
... while the clay books of Babylonia and Assyria are giving us ... from the beginning in
"the land of Shinar." The great ... narrative in which we had been called upon to ...
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"In the Volume of the Book it is Written of Me" (Heb. . .
... and exalt himself above all that is called God (2 ... for his name on the tablets of
ancient Assyria, and there ... in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king ...
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The Old Testament and Archeology
... named in the Old Testament; Amraphel, king of Shinar, at one ... of the Historical Records
and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia ... [14] Formerly called Shalmaneser II ...
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In the Last Chapter we Confined Ourself to the Old Testament, in ...
... shall yet be built in the Land of Shinar, on the ... then He adds, "Afterwards thou shalt
be called, The city of ... dwelling in Babylon and the land of Assyria at the ...
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Subtopics

Assyria

Assyria: Alliances With, Sought by Judah and Israel

Assyria: An Empire Founded by Nimrod

Assyria: Antiquity and Origin of

Assyria: Armies of, Described

Assyria: Army of, Destroyed by the Angel of the Lord

Assyria: As a Power, Was: An Instrument of God's Vengeance

Assyria: As a Power, Was: Cruel and Destructive

Assyria: As a Power, Was: Intolerant and Oppressive

Assyria: As a Power, Was: Most Formidable

Assyria: As a Power, Was: Proud and Haughty