Shinar
A region; the map marks the point OpenBible uses for it.
Named in 8 tagged verses in 5 books, first at Genesis 10:10.
- Kind
- Region
- Coordinates
- 32.54° N, 44.42° E
- Nearest
- Dura 25.9 km
- People
- 5 people
- Events
- 6 events
- Tagged in
- 8 verses
Map
Shinar is the filled marker at the centre; the 10 nearest places with a page are around it. The position follows OpenBible.info. The dashed ring marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.
People
People named in the same verses as Shinar, most often first.
Events
6 events told in verses that name Shinar, in the order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).
- 2245 BCTower of Babel1 shared verse
- 1821 BCNimrod's kingdom begins1 shared verse
- 1450 BCWar with Canaanites1 shared verse
- 758 BCProphecies of Isaiah1 shared verse
- 605 BCProphecies of Daniel1 shared verse
- 519 BCProphecies of Zechariah1 shared verse
Mentions
8 tagged verses in 5 books. Select a book to read its verses.
Counts are verses tagged with this place in Theographic. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 8 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Genesis4 verses
- 10:10
His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- 11:2
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
- 14:1
In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
- 14:9
against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
Joshua1 verse
- 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
Isaiah1 verse
- 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Daniel1 verse
- 1:2
And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.
Zechariah1 verse
- 5:11
“To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”
Nearby
The 10 places with a page nearest to Shinar, by straight-line distance.