And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in (the country of) Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.
Art thou better than Noamon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, (and) her wall was of the sea?