 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 772 pages
...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,andbuildedNineveh,and the city Rehoboth , andCalah, 12 And Resen... | |
 | James Baillie Fraser - Assyria - 1842 - 352 pages
...son or descendant of Cush attained to great power, and founded a kingdom, " the beginning of which was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar."* In the same manner, the whole which we are told regarding the foundation of an Assyrian kingdom is,... | |
 | Universalism - 1861 - 462 pages
...connecting Assyria with Babylonia, was based upon a particular interpretation of Gen. x. 10, 11 : " And the beginning of his (Nimrod's) kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinah (Babylonia). Out of that land went forth Asshur [or, substituting in place of the words italicised,... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - 1844 - 382 pages
...conquered the loner part of the land of Shinar, he established a kingdom there ; " and the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar." (Gen. x. 10.) Of these cities we have already spoken, in our account of the Land of Shinar. In Gen. x. 11. our translation... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Creation - 1844 - 452 pages
...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 Sbinar."— Gen. x. 8-10. Hence this ration is sailed by Micab, " the land of Nimrod."— V. 6. The... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1844 - 452 pages
...Nimrod, they seized upon the territories of Assbur and expelled him. In his dominions they erected " Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar — out of that land went forth Asshur, — and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and CaUh, and... | |
 | Child rearing - 1845 - 350 pages
...son or descendant of Cush attained to great power, and founded a kingdom, " the beginning of which was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar."* In the same manner, the whole which we are told regarding the foundation of an Assyrian kingdom is,... | |
 | Royal Robbins - History - 1846 - 726 pages
...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 worshippeo as a god after death. He appears to... | |
 | George Smith - Bible - 1847 - 646 pages
...: 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." (Gen. x. 8—10.) • The first striking feature in this account is the term " hunter." Does it really refer... | |
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He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: 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. 
