Genesis 14:1
And it comes to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,
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Genesis 10:10And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;
Genesis 11:2and it comes to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar and dwell there;
Isaiah 21:2A hard vision has been declared to me, || The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, || And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, || I have caused all its sighing to cease.
Isaiah 37:12Did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed—Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who [are] in Telassar?
Jeremiah 49:34That which has been the word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
Daniel 1:2and the Lord gives into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the house of God, and he brings them in [to] the land of Shinar, [to] the house of his god, and the vessels he has brought in [to] the treasure-house of his god.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:1
We have four things in the story of this chapter. I. A war with the king of Sodom and his allies, ver. 1-11 . II. The captivity of Lot in that war, ver. 12 . III. Abram's rescue of Lot from that captivity, with the victory he obtained over the conquerors, ver. 13-16 . IV. Abram's return from the expedition, ( ver. 17 ), with an account of what passed, 1. Between him and the king of Salem, ver. 18-20 . 2. Between him and the king of Sodom, ver. 21-24 . So that here we have that promise to Abram in part fulfilled,… Read the whole commentary →