Genesis 10:11
From that land, Assur came forth, and he built Nineveh, and the streets of the city, and Calah,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
In Context
12and also Resen, between Nineveh and Calah. This is a great city.
Cross References
Numbers 24:22and you will be elect among the stock of Kain, how long will you be able to remain? For Assur shall take you captive.”
2 Kings 19:36And Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, returned and dwelled in Nineveh.
Psalms 83:8For even the lawgiver will provide a blessing; they will go from virtue to virtue. The God of gods will be seen in Zion.
Ezekiel 27:23Haran, and Canneh, and Eden were your merchants. Sheba, Assur, and Chilmad were your sellers.
Hosea 14:3Take these words with you and return to the Lord. And say to him, “Remove all iniquity and accept the good. And we will repay the calves of our lips.
Jonah 3:1And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying:
Matthew Henry on Genesis 10:7-15
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said; Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord . 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and… Read the whole commentary →