Genesis 11:2

2And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in athe land of Shinar and settled there.

Genesis 14:1

Abram Rescues Lot

1In the days of Amraphel king of bShinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of cElam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

Joshua 7:21

21when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels,
A  shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

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