BD Shinar, Plain of Place where was found Nimrod?אשs kingdom (Gen. 10: 10), and the tower o f Babel (Gen. 11: 2). Amraphel was king of Shinar (Gen. 14: 1), and Juda h was carried captive there (Isa. 11: 11; Dan. 1: 2; Zech. 5: 1). The na me denotes the lo In the days of Abram we meet with the names of Chedorlaomer, king of El am, andAmraphel, king of Shinar. Amraphel One of the confederacy of kings who invaded the area of Sodom and Gomor rah in the time of Abraham.Sometimes identified as the Babylonian king H ammurabi.