| 1834 - 566 Seiten
...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... | |
| George Thomas Keppel (6th earl of Albemarle.) - 1834 - 370 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
| Francis Harriman Hutton - 1835 - 424 Seiten
...says the sacred writer, "was a mighty hunter before the Lord, (ie a hunter in a very eminent degree.) And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh." Let me not be thought too minutely critical,... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1835 - 460 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1850 - 664 Seiten
...Nineveh is spoken of very early in the Old Testament records. In Gen. x. 9-11, it is said: " Nimrod was a mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning...Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh." Beginning thus early, Nineveh was early delivered... | |
| 1836 - 710 Seiten
...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,... | |
| 1837 - 680 Seiten
...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.... | |
| Royal Robbins - 1837 - 732 Seiten
...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... | |
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