Genesis 10:11
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 — the same is the great city.
Cross References
Numbers 24:22Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted; How long? Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
2 Kings 19:36So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Psalms 83:8(83-9) Assyria also is joined with them; they have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah
Ezekiel 27:23Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic.
Hosea 14:3(14-4) Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we call any more the work of our hands our gods; for in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy.'
Jonah 3:1And the word of the LORD 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 →