The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.