...History, that the passage from Genesis, above quoted, should, he rendered : " And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land, he went forth to Asshur, ie, Assyria, and builded Nineveh;" there being no obvious reason why Asshur,...

...is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was a Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 1 1 Out of that land 4 went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and s the city of Rehoboth, and Calah,...

...himself notorious, and his name became a proverb." " The beginning of his kingdom," says scripture, " was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar." 4. Menes, the founder of the Egyptian monarchy, was worshippea as a god after death. He appears to...

...Hill of Nimrod, at Akkerkoof, the Mujelibi, and the Birs Nemroud. The inspired historian informs us, that the beginning of Nimrod's kingdom was " Babel,...Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the Land of Shinar." These were certainly Nimrod'.s principal towns. As the greatest kingdoms in those times seldom consisted...

...this son, " he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar."— Gen. x. 8-10. Hence this region ii called by Micah, " the land of Nimrod."— V. 6. The Septuagint...

...wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 1 1 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And...

...chapter of Genesis, at the tenth verse, speaking of Nimrod, it is added, " and the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar."* It is surely worthy to be observed that little if any further notice is taken of this great city in...

...year* over Upper Egypt, and 35 over Lower Egypt. " The beginning of his kingdom," says scripture, " was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar." 5. Ninus was a son of Belus. He was very warlike, and extended his conquests from Egypt to the extremities...

...wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty " hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was " Babel and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar. " Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and buildeth Nin" eveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resen, between...

...expressly to be the region where Babel or Babylon was built : — " The beginning of the kingdom of Nimrod was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar," Gen. x. 10. And the capital of the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar, which was the same as the ancient Babel,...