1180. Verse 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

'The beginning of his kingdom' means that such worship began in this manner. 'Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar' means that these types of worship existed in those areas. At the same time these nations mean the types of worship themselves, whose external features appear holy but whose interiors are unholy.