Genesis 10:11
From that land went out Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
In Context
10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
12and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah: this is the great city.
Cross References
Numbers 24:22But the Kenite shall be consumed, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
2 Kings 19:36And Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and abode at Nineveh.
Psalms 83:8Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.
Ezekiel 27:23Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with thee:
Hosea 14:3Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Thou art] our God; because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Jonah 3:1And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the 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 →