10 (A)And the beginning of his kingdom was (B)Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

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10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon,(A) Uruk,(B) Akkad and Kalneh,(C) in[a] Shinar.[b](D)

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  1. Genesis 10:10 Or Uruk and Akkad—all of them in
  2. Genesis 10:10 That is, Babylonia

Lot’s Captivity and Rescue

14 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king (A)of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of (B)Elam, and Tidal king of [a]nations,

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  1. Genesis 14:1 Heb. goyim

Abram Rescues Lot

14 At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar,[a](A) Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer(B) king of Elam(C) and Tidal king of Goyim,

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  1. Genesis 14:1 That is, Babylonia; also in verse 9

And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with (A)some of the articles of [a]the house of God, which he carried (B)into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; (C)and he brought the articles into the treasure house of his god.

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  1. Daniel 1:2 The temple

And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried(A) off to the temple of his god in Babylonia[a] and put in the treasure house of his god.(B)

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  1. Daniel 1:2 Hebrew Shinar