 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
 | Charles Tilstone Beke - 1834 - 366 pages
...that text which has so often been the subject of discussion : " And the beginning of his (Nimrod's) kingdom " was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, " in the land of Shinar1." But this authority only proves that Nimrod (or not improbably his descendants, since it seems... | |
 | George Thomas Keppel (6th earl of Albemarle.) - 1834 - 370 pages
...Tank or Arch, which I have described. Gibbon gives a detailed ac* And the beginning of his (Nimrod's) kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land «f Shinar. — Gen. x. 10. f Ctesiphontem juxta tertium lapidem in Chalonitidc condidcre Parthi. —... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...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...Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar." During the the roamings of mankind through the various regions of the East prior to their settlement... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...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...Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Sfiinar." During the the roamings of mankind through the various regions of the East prior to their... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1835 - 460 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 Calnen, in the land of Shinar."—Gen. x. 8-10. Hence this region is called by Micah, " the land of... | |
 | 1836 - 710 pages
...is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was a Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 1 1 Out of that land 4 went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and s the city of Rehoboth, and Calah,... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1837 - 732 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 worshippea as a god after death. He appears to... | |
 | 1837 - 680 pages
...hunter before the Lpnn: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LURD. 10 leth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. 14 The wise man's eye Cauieh, in tha land of Shinar. 11 Outof that land went forth Asshur, and buildGenerations of JVooA.... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1838 - 448 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 ii called by Micah, " the land of Nimrod."— V. 6. The Septuagint... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 612 pages
...the Mujelibi, and the Birs Nemroud. The inspired historian informs us, that the beginning of Nimrod's kingdom was " Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the Land of Shinar." These were certainly Nimrod'.s principal towns. As the greatest kingdoms in those times seldom consisted... | |
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