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Shinar

Southern Mesopotamia (Babylonia, Iraq) · Old Testament · 7 verses

Shinar is the biblical name for the plain of southern Mesopotamia, the land of Babylonia. It was watered by the Tigris and Euphrates. The name appears in Genesis, Isaiah, Daniel and 1 more in the King James text.

About Shinar

Shinar is the biblical name for the plain of southern Mesopotamia, the land of Babylonia. It was watered by the Tigris and Euphrates.

Its place in the story

Genesis places the building of the Tower of Babel in a plain in the land of Shinar, where the languages were confused. It was also the seat of Nimrod's early kingdom, including Babel, Erech, and Accad. The name recurs as a designation for Babylonia.

Shinar in Scripture (KJV)

“And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.”
Genesis 10:10 (KJV)
“And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.”
Genesis 11:2 (KJV)
“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;”
Genesis 14:1 (KJV)
“With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.”
Genesis 14:9 (KJV)
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.”
Isaiah 11:11 (KJV)
“And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.”
Daniel 1:2 (KJV)
“And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.”
Zechariah 5:11 (KJV)

Where it leads

The scattering at Babel in Shinar is answered in the gospel, where people of every tongue are gathered into one body through Christ.

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Where is Shinar in the Bible?

Shinar is the biblical name for the plain of southern Mesopotamia, the land of Babylonia. It was watered by the Tigris and Euphrates. The name appears in Genesis, Isaiah, Daniel and 1 more in the King James text.

What happened at Shinar?

Genesis places the building of the Tower of Babel in a plain in the land of Shinar, where the languages were confused. It was also the seat of Nimrod's early kingdom, including Babel, Erech, and Accad. The name recurs as a designation for Babylonia.

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