Genesis 10:11
From there he moved into Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
Free Bible 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 Resen, which lies between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
Cross References
Numbers 24:22But Kain will be burned down when Assyria conquers you.”
2 Kings 19:36Sennacherib, king of Assyria, gave up and left. He returned home to Nineveh and stayed there.
Psalms 83:8Assyria too has joined them, allied with the descendants of Lot. Selah.
Ezekiel 27:23Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, as did Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
Hosea 14:3Assyria can't save us; we will not ride our warhorses; we will never again say, ‘You are our gods’ to the idols we have made. For in you orphans find mercy.”
Jonah 3:1Then the Lord spoke to Jonah for a second time.
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 →