 Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 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,...  The Christian Review - Page 1111850Full view - About this book
 | Richard Graves - 1831 - 528 pages
...Nimrod : he began " to be a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, " Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And " the beginning...his kingdom was Babel and Erech, and " Accad, and Cain eh in the land of Shinar. Out of that land " he went forth into Assyria, and buildeth Niniveth,... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 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 worshipped as a god after death. He appears to... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1832 - 1030 pages
...ACCAU, one of the four cities built by Nim. rod, the founder of the Assyrian empire. (See Nimrod.) " And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar," Gen. x, 10. Thus it appears that Accad was contemporary with Babylon, and was one of the first four... | |
 | ʿAbd al-Razzâḳ b. Najaf Ḳulî - 1833 - 678 pages
...Ham, who was the son of Noah. In verses 9 and 10 of the same chapter, Nimrod is mentioned as being " a mighty hunter before the Lord ; and the beginning of his kingdom was Babel." It is true, however, that Sir John Malcolm (according, I suppose, to the Dabistan) makes Mahbul the... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1833 - 676 pages
...himself notorious, aftd 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 worshipped as a god after death. He appears to... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - 1835 - 324 pages
...son of Shem. Having conquered the lower part of the land of Shmar, 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.... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 608 pages
...Nimrod ; it is said of 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 Shinar.' Gen. x. 8-10. Hence this region is called by Micah, ' the bind of Nimrod.' v. 6. The Septuagint translates... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 610 pages
...Nimrod ; it is said of 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 Shinar.' Gen. x. 8-10. Hence this region is called by Micah, ' the land of Nimrod.' v. 6. The Septuagint translates... | |
 | 1834 - 576 pages
...neighbouring nations. The book of Genesis (x. 10) mentions Nimrod as the founder of the Babylonian empire—' And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech, and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinear.' We think we recognize in Nimrod, the mighty hunter, an Arabian chieftain, like the modern... | |
 | 1834 - 566 pages
...Genesis (x. 10) mentions Ninirod a» the founder of the Bab) Ionian empire— 'And the beginning of hi* kingdom was Babel and Erech, and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinear.' We think wo recognize in Nimrod, the mighty hunter, an Arabian chieftain, like the modern... | |
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