Genesis 10:10

New Century Version

At first Nimrod’s kingdom covered Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Babylonia.

Cross References

Genesis 10:9

He was a great hunter before the Lord, which is why people say someone is “like Nimrod, a great hunter before the Lord.”

Genesis 11:2

As people moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.

Genesis 11:9

The place is called Babel since that is where the Lord confused the language of the whole world. So the Lord caused them to spread out from there over the whole world.

Genesis 14:1

Now Amraphel was king of Babylonia, Arioch was king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer was king of Elam, and Tidal was king of Goiim.

Isaiah 10:9

The city Calno is like the city Carchemish. The city Hamath is like the city Arpad. The city Samaria is like the city Damascus.

Isaiah 11:11

At that time the Lord will again reach out and take his people who are left alive in Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Cush, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the islands of the sea.

Isaiah 39:1

At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan was king of Babylon. He sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick and was now well.

Jeremiah 21:2

They said, “Ask the Lord for us what will happen, because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is attacking us. Maybe the Lord will do miracles for us as he did in the past so Nebuchadnezzar will stop attacking us and leave.”

Jeremiah 50:1

This is the message the Lord spoke to Babylon and the Babylonian people through Jeremiah the prophet.

Jeremiah 50:21

“Attack the land of Merathaim. Attack the people who live in Pekod. Chase them, kill them, and completely destroy them. Do everything I commanded you!” says the Lord.

Ezekiel 27:23

“ ‘People of Haran, Canneh, Eden, and the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad became merchants for you.

Daniel 1:2

The Lord allowed Nebuchadnezzar to capture Jehoiakim king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the things from the Temple of God, which he carried to Babylonia and put in the temple of his gods.

Amos 6:2

Go look at the city of Calneh, and from there go to the great city Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. You are no better than these kingdoms. Your land is no larger than theirs.

Micah 4:10

People of Jerusalem, strain and be in pain. Be like a woman trying to give birth, because now you must leave the city and live in the field. You will go to Babylon, but you will be saved from that place. The Lord will go there and buy you back from your enemies.

Micah 5:6

They will destroy the Assyrians with their swords; they will conquer the land of Assyria with their swords drawn. They will rescue us from the Assyrians when they come into our land, when they walk over our borders.

Zechariah 5:11

“They are going to Babylonia to build a temple for it,” he answered. “When the temple is ready, they will set the basket there in its place.”