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 for himself all the Jordan plain. Then Lot traveled eastward, and they separated from each other.
Shinar
Genesis 11:9
Therefore it was called Babylon, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth, and from there the LORD scattered them over the surface of the entire earth.
Genesis 10:10
His kingdom began in the region of Shinar with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.
Genesis 14:1
At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar, Arioch was king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer was king of Elam, and Tidal was king of the Goiim,
Isaiah 11:11
At that time, the LORD will reach out his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Daniel 1:2
Within a week, the Lord handed King Jehoiakim of Judah over to him, along with valuable objects from the house of God. Nebuchadnezzar brought them to the temple of his god in the land of Shinar and stored them in its treasure house.
Zechariah 5:11
He answered me, "To the land of Shinar, so they can build a temple to the woman in the basket. Then when its preparations are complete, the basket will be set there in its place."