Discovery Box| (1.00) | (Gen 11:2) | 3 tn Heb “in the land of Shinar.” |
| (1.00) | (Gen 11:2) | 3 sn Shinar is the region of Babylonia. |
| (1.00) | (Gen 10:10) | 6 sn Shinar is another name for Babylonia. |
| (0.83) | (Gen 14:1) | 2 sn Shinar (also in v. 9) is the region of Babylonia. |
| (0.59) | (Jos 7:21) | 1 tn Heb “Shinar,” a reference to Babylon (cf. Gen 10:10; 11:2; 14:1). Many modern translations retain the Hebrew name “Shinar” (cf. NEB, NRSV) but some use the more familiar “Babylon” (cf. NIV, NLT). |
| (0.42) | (Gen 10:10) | 5 tn No such place is known in Shinar (i.e., Babylonia). Therefore some have translated the Hebrew term כַלְנֵה (khalneh) as “all of them,” referring to the three previous names (cf. NRSV). |
| (0.33) | (Dan 1:2) | 6 sn The land of Babylonia (Heb “the land of Shinar”) is another name for Sumer and Akkad, where Babylon was located (cf. Gen 10:10; 11:2; 14:1, 9; Josh 7:21; Isa 11:11; Zech 5:11). |
| (0.29) | (Zec 5:11) | 2 sn The land of Babylonia (Heb “the land of Shinar”) is another name for Sumer and Akkad, where Babylon was located (Gen 10:10). Babylon throughout the Bible symbolizes the focus of anti-God sentiment and activity (Gen 11:4; 14:1; Isa 13-14; 47:1-3; Jer 50-51; Rev 14:8; 17:1, 5, 18; 18:21). |
