Beginners Bible Guide to all 66 Bible Books, Specialized Bible Atlases, Leaders Guides. Before this demand could reach Indabigas, however, his people had revolted against him and put him to death, and Umman-aldasu, son of Attametu, sat on the throne, after defeating Indabigas on the banks of the Huthut. After the death of Humbanigas, his successor, Sutur-Nahhundi or Ishtar-hundu (Babylonian), still befriended Merodach-baladan, and advanced to his help. The word here translated "plain" means "circle," and well describes the view which one has of the plain about Jericho from Bethel as he looks down the valley past Ai. In 11:2 Shinar is described as the land of the plain where migrants from the East settled, and founded Babel, the city, and its great tower. Map Store - Download High-Res Maps and Images, 2023, Bible History | All rights reserved, Bibliography Resources on the Old Testament. It pondered the problems of death and the afterlife (Gilgamesh Epic), yet was abounding with practical wisdom (collections of proverbs, essays of advice, parables) as well as court and temple ritual in the desire to know the mind of the gods (omens, hymns, prayers). Chaldean domination, however, did not last long, for Dungi, king of Ur of the Chaldees, about 2500 B.C., invaded the country, accompanied by his vassal Gudea, viceroy of Lagas. Majority Standard Bible And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. Tablets and Tombs of Late Date:Besides the inscriptions of the kings already mentioned, tablets of the reigns of Nabopolassar, Nebuchadrezzar, Nabonidus, Cyrus, Darius and some of the Seleucids have been found on the site. Attack of the foreign raiders (8) Erech:South of Fara lay Unuga, Semitic Uruk, the Biblical ERECH (which see), now Warka. After the apparently short reign of Kidin-Hutran came that of Hurpatila (Hurbatila), who, desiring to throw off the Babylonian yoke, challenged Kuri-galzu, king of Babylon, to battle at Dur-Dungi. There seems also to have been a shrine to Nergal, god of war, which was restored by King Sin-gamil. The Bible says in Genesis that Nimrod went out of the land of Shinar and migrated north and formed the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboath, and Calah. New International Version (NIV). The history of this period has still to be discovered, but the Babylonians apparently soon shook off the Elamite yoke. As the Biblical form Shinar indicates the whole of Babylonia, it corresponds with the native (Sumerian) Kingi-Ura, rendered "Sumer and Akkad," from which, by changing "K" into "Sh" (found in Sumerian), Shinar may have been derived, but this explanation is not free from difficulties.3. Zechariah 5:11 He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. Isaiah 22:6 Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield. Next year (689 B.C.) After a dispute with Umma had been settled by the intervention of Mesilim of Kish, Lagash became the dominant center. and religion the thought, style and manner of these early inhabitants of Babylonia was transmitted to both contemporary and later civilizations and is of importance as the background of much in Genesis 1-11. In Isaiah 21:2 it is apparently the later Cyrus who is referred to when Elam, with Media, is called upon "to go up" to the siege of Babylon. The Population:The population is naturally not homogeneous. That the district of Arabistan is poor and barren is due to the carelessness and improvidence of the people, who, like the people of the Turkish province of Bagdad, have neglected the ancient irrigation canals which fertilized the land.6. Everything points, therefore, to the Sumerians having been in Babylonia before the Semitic inhabitants.9. A Harmony of the Life of Jesus - Four gospel accounts in harmony. It is true that many specimens are crude and uncouth, but this is probably due to the sculptors having been, often enough, the slaves of their material. ", shi'-nar (shin`ar; Senaar Sen(n)aar):1. The Chinese affinities seem less close, but the following may be quoted: a(y)a "father," Chinese ye (Amoy ia); ge, "night," Chinese ye; gu, "to speak," Chinese yu; shu, "hand," Chinese sheu; kin, "business," Chinese kung, "work"; etc. Their argument has mainly been drawn from incidental references in the scene (Genesis 13:1-13) describing the parting of Lot and Abram, and again in the account of Moses' vision from Pisgah (Deuteronomy 34:3).In the account of Abram and Lot, it is said that from Bethel they saw "all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah." There is evidence for a primitive form of democracy which soon clashed with the growing power of the priests and temple, but eventually outclassed the latter through the control of military forces. His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project. Since many bilingual texts survive, there is much evidence for the language and through it of early Sumer. History:(1) The Earliest Period.Beginning with the semi-mythical period, we have the story of the fight of the Babylonian hero Gilgames with the Elamite tyrant Humbaba, who was defeated by the hero and his helper Enki-du, and beheaded. Professor R.S. This was the place where migrants from the E settled and built the city and tower of Babel (11:2). Oppert placed it to the Southeast of Babylon, near a small river and mounds bearing the name of Douair or Duair, where, also, was what seemed to be the base of . The strange thing, however, is, that the name of this last does not occur in any recognizable form, unless it be the Kudurlahgumal of certain half-legendary inscriptions (see CHEDORLAOMER). The larger plain has as its northern boundary these same Ahwaz hills, and reaches to the sea on the South.3. It has been sought in the Orontes valley, between Antioch and Seleucia, and also at Wady Nahr el-Barid, leading down from Homs to the Mediterranean to the North of Tripoli. Their stones were frequently more or less pebble-shaped, and they had neither the skill nor the tools to reduce them to better proportions-moreover, reduction of bulk would have meant a diminution of their importance. Goiim is the name of the territory ruled by Tidal ( Gen 14:1) and by an unnamed king in the Galilee region (so LXX) defeated by Joshua ( Josh 12:23 ). The death of Sennacherib and the troubles attending the accession of Esarhaddon encouraged Nabuzer-napisti-Itsir, son of Merodach-baladan, again to raise the standard of revolt. The term Sumer, used since 2350 b.c. Isaiah 11:11 It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros . Kudur-mabuk, son of Simti-Silhak, was at this time adda ("father," probably meaning protector) of Emutbalu and the West-Amurru, the land of the Amorites, whither marched Chedorlaomer and Amraphel, with their allies, in the time of Abraham (Genesis 14). Whether the founding and colonization of Assyria (Genesis 10:11) are to be ascribed to Nimrod will be determined by the exegesis of the text. had to fight in the Zagros mountains and to the W where a defensive wall failed to keep out the increasing incursions of the Amorites (MAR. The remains are situated in a large courtyard measuring 350 ft. by 270 ft. As in the case of other Babylonian erections, the corners are directed toward the cardinal points, and its height is about 100 ft. above the desert-plain.As Erech is mentioned with Babylon, Niffer (Calneh) and Eridu, as one of the cities created by Merodach (Nimrod), it is clear that it was classed with the oldest foundations in Babylonia. A fine garment looted by Achan near Jericho was described as coming from Shinar (Josh 7:21, KJV Babylonish). The alterations in the waterways, owing to changes in the irrigation-channels, must then, as now, have hindered communication. It is said to have been in Sippara (Sippar) that Ut-napistim, the Babylonian Noah, buried the records before entering the ark. This area if we look at modern-day maps would be in Soudan or Sudan. This is supported by the fact that Jebel Usdum, the salt mountain at the southwest corner of the Dead Sea, still bears the name of Sodom, Usdum being simply another form of the word. Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian, Babylonish, Shinar, Baker Book of Bible Charts, Maps, and Time Lines (2016), HarperCollins Atlas of Bible History (2008), HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible (1991), Oxford Bible Atlas, Fourth Edition (2007), Readers Digest Atlas of the Bible (1981). Also, during a famine in Elam, certain Elamite tribes migrated into Assyria to escape the scarcity, and were kindly treated by Assur-bani-apli, who had succeeded his father on the Assyrian throne. The shrine dedicated to Ishtar is apparently now represented by the ruin known as Buwariyya or "reed-mats," and so called on account of the layers of matting at intervals of 4 or 5 ft. The Elamite king was defeated on the banks of the Ulai, Elam was ravaged, and much spoil taken. The Sumer. Origin. C. The Sumerian renaissance. The Syriac Sen'ar:All these comparisons tend to show that the Babylonian equivalent of Shinar is not any of the above, and as yet has not, in fact, been found. The rivers were so large that the land was considered an "island" that was between them. Shinar [ shahy-nahr ] noun a land mentioned in the Bible, often identified with Sumer. du'-ra (dura'): The name of the plain on which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, set up the great golden image which all his subjects were ordered to worship ( Daniel 3:1 ). Jeremiah 49:39 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, says Yahweh. A smaller area in the delta of the Selenga River sank during the last century beneath the waters of Lake Baikal. The Population 9. Nur-Addi and Rim-Anum, kings of Larsa (Elassar), were his vassals. Wheat and barley, sown in October and November, are harvested in April. The valleys on the Southwest slope belong properly to Babylonia, and could be invaded on that side with ease, but Northeast of the Kebir-Kuh the country is well protected not only against Mesopotamia, on the West, but also against Persia on the East. Possible Babylonian Form of the Name:Though sometimes identified with the Babylonian Sumer, the connection of Shinar with that name is doubtful. (13) The Land of the Sea:The Land of the Sea (that bordering on the Persian Gulf), in which, seemingly, the Chaldeans afterward settled, seems to have played an important part in the early history of Shinar. The Bible mentions that the ark of Noah rested on the mountains of Ararat, not Mount Ararat in particular. In Genesis 10:10 it is the district wherein lay Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, cities which were the "beginning" of Nimrod's kingdom.
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