...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,...

...Out of that land 4 went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and s the city of Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah : the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anauiim, and Lchabim, and Naphtuhim, 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim,...

...and Erech, and Accad, £• *• cir. 1745. and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 1 1 Out of that land k t in the land of Canaan ; and A. at. cir. 326& BC cir. 1738, • Chap. XTT. 1 2 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah : the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and...

...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...

...we read, were built " Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinah ;" " and that out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Kesen between Nineveh and Calah," which same we are told was a " great city." The principal ancient...

...before the Loan. And the beginning of his kingdom was 4 Habel, 11 and Lrech, and Accad, and Calnch. d the water of ^ affliction, Yet shall б the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah : the same is я great citv....

...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...

...and the Birs Nemroud. The inspired historian informs us, that the beginning of Nimrod's kingdom was " Babel, and 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...

...neighbourhood with Babel and Erech. At the same time that Moses relates the account of Nimrod, he adds, " Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh,...and Calah, and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah." " It appears indubitable that Assyria owes its name to Asshur, and was also called Aturia, by the transmutation,...

...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...