The primary regions<n id="1" /> of his kingdom were Babel,<n id="2" /> Erech,<n id="3" /> Akkad,<n id="4" /> and Calneh<n id="5" /> in the land of Shinar.<n id="6" />

<p class="poetry">Is not Calneh like Carchemish?p> <p class="poetry">Hamath like Arpad?p> <p class="poetry">Samaria like Damascus?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They say to the people:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Journey over to Calneh and look at it!p> <p class="poetry">Then go from there to Hamath-Rabbah!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Then go down to Gath of the Philistines!p> <p class="poetry">Are they superior to our two<n id="3" /> kingdoms?p> <p class="poetry">Is their territory larger than yours?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>