Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
From the east
Bible References
From the east
Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose the entire Jordan Valley for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other.
Shinar
Genesis 11:9
Therefore its name is called Babylon, for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 10:10
His kingdom started with Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 14:1
In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
Isaiah 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover—from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coasts and islands of the west—the remnant of His people who survive.
Daniel 1:2
The Lord handed Jehoiakim king of Judah over to him, along with some of the vessels from the house of God. Nebuchadnezzar carried them to the land of Babylon, to the house of his god, and put the vessels in the treasury of his god.
Zechariah 5:11
“To build a shrine for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “When that is ready, the basket will be placed there on its pedestal.”