SHINAR, or Sennaar, a Province of Babylonia, where the Tower of Babel was Gen xi. 2.undertaken to be built. Calneb was built Gen.x. 10.in the same Country. Amraphel, King of Shinar, was a potent Prince in the Time of Gen.xiv.1.Abraham. Daniel says, that Nebuchadnezzar carried away the sacred Vessels of the Temple of Jerusalem, and put them in the Temple of his God, in the Land of Dan. i. 2.Shinar. There is great Probability that the Mountains of Singares, or Zagras, as well as the City and River of Singare, take their Name from Shinar, Sennaar, or Sengar.
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